A classy blond, a beautiful yacht, an island in the Bahamas -- every man's dream. But for Ingram it's a nightmare. It starts when he agrees to help find Dragoon, a vanished schooner. The money isn't much -- but the statuesque blond who hires him is! Now it looks like he's going to get deep-sixed. Run hard aground, pinned down by rifle fire and sitting on top of a bilge full of gasoline, something's going to blow!
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Ships ran aground on rocky shores; those traveling well-known routes were easy prey to pirates.
