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- Published: 27 May 2021
- ISBN: 9780241478363
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
Latitude
The astonishing adventure that shaped the world
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- Published: 27 May 2021
- ISBN: 9780241478363
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
This wonderfully readable and rollicking story of adventure and scientific exploration is as gripping as any novel. Full of big ideas and even bigger personalities, it's a book that sparkles with intelligence and wit
Alex Preston, author and journalist
Crane has a rare knack for showing people things they really ought to see across space and time without them having to get out of their chair. Latitude applies his trademark blend of pace, rigour and attention to enticing detail, in order to fill in a key segment of historical and geographical knowledge
Joe Smith, director of The Royal Geographic society
Latitude is a thrilling story of courage, survival and science. It's an extraordinary, visceral and vivid read
Geographical Magazine
A story for our times
Eastern Daily Press
An amazing story
Jeremy Vine