The Illustrated Longitude
by Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes
Walker & Co.
(216 pages)
Keyword(s): History, Nonfiction
Dates read: October 18-28, 2001,
Rating: 
The illustrations are wonderful, and I don't think the prose stands well without them. The only problem is that the captions are often redundant, and they don't always go well with the main text body.
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