The 1714 Act of Longitude.

The 1714 Act of Longitude. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H4458

Description: The British government took radical measures by passing an Act of Parliament that offered a maximum cash prize of £20,000 to anyone who could solve the longitude problem by any method that was ‘practicable and useful’.

Date: 1714

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London