Dava Sobel's Longitude is a fascinating account of how longitude was fixed. I never realized how challenging this task was. On Nov 3, 2014 8:34 AM, "Thaths" <tha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon Nov 03 2014 at 1:21:36 PM Bharat Shetty <bharat.she...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > That said, which has been the best historical fiction that one would > > recommend to me ? > > > > Non-fiction recommendations are also welcome. > > > A few historical non-fiction books I read recently and really enjoyed: > > 1. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus > > 2. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created > > 3. A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes > > Thaths >
