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Figure 6

Old legal document scroll showing calligraphic writing in old English

© Parliamentary Archives, London

The Longitude Act, 'An Act for Providing a Publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall Discover the Longitude at Sea'.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/140204/007