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Chasing The Sun: Exploring The Andrewes Longitude Dial - Hodinkee
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Look to the horizon: Why latitude was easier to find than longitude - Australian National Maritime Museum
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| | [AI summary] A blog post explains why determining longitude at sea was historically much more difficult than finding latitude, highlighting the role of John Harrison's clocks and celestial navigation.
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12 Map Happenings That Rocked Our World: Part4 - Map Happenings
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| | Part 4 of a series on the mapping events in history that changed our world: the epic quest for longitude By James Killick - ex Apple Maps
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Coricancha - The Sun Temple of the Incas
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| | Coricancha was a sacred complex in the Inca Empire and is now one of Cusco's top tourist attractions. Learn about its history and spiritual significance.
| | www.scientificamerican.com
Living lunch box? Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby pilot whales, but it's unclear why. | Live Science
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| Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.