Today's Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of John Harrison, who invented the first accurate way to measure longitude. Before 1735, if you wanted to sail across the ocean, you could only guess at ...

In the annals of maritime history, the quest for determining longitude at sea was a long- standing challenge that captivated the minds of sailors, scientists and governments alike. Today’s GPS, radio ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This instrument is a specialized ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Harrison H4 Marine Chronometer “Sea ...

Following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, which lost four British Navy ships and almost 2000 sailors at sea, Parliament decided sailors needed a better navigational tool. The British government ...

“Dead reckoning” is one of the most common terms uttered by swashbuckling captains in pirate movies. In the early 1700s, it meant using primitive tools like the astrolabe and compass to chart a course ...

Google commemorated famed English horologist John Harrison on Tuesday, marking what would have been his 325th birthday with a homepage “doodle” that shows him working on his famed inventions. It may ...