The need for better navigational accuracy for increasingly longer oceanic voyages had been an issue explored by many European nations for centuries before the passing of the Longitude Act 1714 in England. Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands offered financial incentives for solutions to the problem of longitude as early as 1598.
The need for better navigational accuracy for increasingly longer oceanic voyages had been an issue explored by many European nations for centuries before the passing of the Longitude Act 1714 in England. Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands offered financial incentives for solutions to the problem of longitude as early as 1598.