• 1998
  • 1h
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Summary 18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy. View more details

  • 1998
  • 1h

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Directed : Peter Jones

Written : David Axelrod Dava Sobel

Stars : Richard Dreyfuss Patrick Malahide

All cast & crew

7.8

Details

Genres : Drama Biography Documentary

Release date : Oct 5, 1998

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom Sweden

Official sites : NOVA

Language : English

Filming locations : England, UK

Production companies : SVT Drama BBC Horizon David Axelrod Productions

Summary 18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Biography Documentary

Release date : Oct 5, 1998

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom Sweden

Official sites : NOVA

Language : English

Filming locations : England, UK

Production companies : SVT Drama BBC Horizon David Axelrod Productions

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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)

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