NOVA Online | Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (original) (raw)

	Welcome to the companion Web site to "Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude,"originally broadcast on October 6, 1998. Based on the bestselling book Longitude by Dava Sobel, the program tells the story of how an unknown genius, John Harrison, discovered the key to navigating on the open seas and thus solved one of the thorniest problems of the 1700s. Text Longitude Home | Great Challenge	GPS Find Your Longitude	Ancient Navigators	Resources Teacher's Guide	Transcript	Site Map NOVA Online	Editor's Picks	Previous Sites	Join Us/E-mail	TV/Web Schedule About NOVA	Teachers	Site Map	Shop	Jobs	Search	To print NOVA Online is produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit Major funding for NOVA® is provided by the Park Foundation, The Northwestern Mutual Foundation, and Sprint. ©	created October 1998