Latitude Exhibition_The Van de Veldes and Peacock & Mansfield

and Peacock & Mansfield

One container was filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego

I drove 8 hours this night - to an area I have never been to because it was one of the only areas without complete overcast

a region that once took centre stage is again rising to dominate global politics

He returned in 1660 as Britain's new King when the monarchy was restored albeit with fewer privileges than they had before the Civil War

Latitude Exhibition_The Van de Veldes and Peacock & MansfieldThree hundred years ago, no one knew the true shape of the world. Author: Nicholas Crane It wasn't a sphere but did it bulge at the equator or was it pointed at the poles? Until we found out no map could ever be truly accurate. So a team of scientists was sent to South America to measure one full degree of latitude. But South America was a land of erupting volcanoes, sodden rainforests, earthquakes, deadly diseases, tropical storms and violent unrest.