Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude

The National Maritime Museum’s 2014 Ships, Clocks & Stars exhibition told the extraordinary story of the race to determine longitude at sea. Marking the 300th anniversary of the passing of the Longitude Act in July 1714, Ships, Clocks & Stars - which ran from 11 July 2014 to 4 January 2015 - told the extraordinary story of the race to determine longitude (east-west position) at sea, helping to save seafarers from terrible fates including shipwreck and starvation. The exhibition drew on the latest research to shed new light on the history of longitude – one of the great achievements of the Georgian age