Making Greenwich the centre of the world
The Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives consists of all the surviving historical paper records of the Royal Observatory from 1675 until circa 1980. These papers throw a vivid light on the role of the British state in encouraging invention and discovery, on the energetic culture of technical ingenuity in the long eighteenth century, and on many aspects of exploration and maritime travel in the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic.
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