Name: A Lifetime Acheivement - John Harrison And The Quest For Longitude by Royal Museums Greenwich
Duration: 4 min 59 s
Description: John Harrison rewrote the rulebook in his quest to find longitude. After a lifetime's work did he succeed?

To mark Windrush Day, historians S.I. Martin and Kelly Foster celebrate the musical sounds of the Windrush generation. Discover the reasons why many people chose to come to Britain, what it was like for them when they arrived and how their favourite calypsonians captured the new immigrant experience.

Windrush Day | In Conversation With S.I. Martin And Kelly Foster

John Harrison rewrote the rulebook in his quest to find longitude. After a lifetime's work did he succeed?

A Lifetime Acheivement - John Harrison And The Quest For Longitude

The home of epic exploration, pioneering architecture and British history. Four world-class sites; National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark and the Queen's House.

A Lifetime Acheivement - John Harrison And The Quest For Longitude

Royal Museums Greenwich

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