The Illustrated Longitude (The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time) By Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes, published by Fourth Estate in 1998 (ISBN 1-85702-714-0). The original book, Longitude, was published in 1995 by Walker and Company, and reviewed by John Dusel in Cook's Log on page 1308, vol. 19, no. 3 (1996). See the on-line review The illustrations enhance the story, which makes this version worth having as well. Reviewer: Ian Boreham Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1571, volume 22, number 1 (1999).
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