National Maritime Museum

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First Report of American Independence to Reach Britain to Go on Display
To mark the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, the National Maritime Museum in London will unveil a special di
<i>Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude</i> Opens at the Folger Library
Washington, DC— For centuries, longitude (east-west position) was a matter of life and death at sea. Ships that went off course had no way to re-discover their longitude.