Flamsteed House, Greenwich Park, near London, England, the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Built by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) on the orders of Charles II with the aim of providing accurate navigation tables and of solving the problem of finding longitude at sea. Lithograph c1820.
Flamsteed House, Greenwich Park, near London, England, the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Built by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) on the orders of Charles II with the aim of providing accurate navigation tables and of solving the problem of finding longitude at sea. Lithograph c1820.
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