The Expansion of Great Britain

Many opinions exist regarding the origin of Great Britain’s expansion in the 1700’s. Many people believe that the expansion was a result of the pursuit of trade routes to foreign countries. Others believe that it was driven by the patriotic hearts of British citizens; volunteering for government jobs to better their country. These theories, while not totally devoid of logical thought and true fact, are based on facts which, in turn, relied on the …

…departed for Barbados aboard the Tartar on 28 March 1764. As with the first trial, William used H4 to predict the ship's arrival at Madeira with extraordinary accuracy. The watch's error was computed to be 39.2 seconds over a voyage of 47 days, three times better than required to win the £20,000 longitude prize. He turned over his secrets and was eventually awarded the rest of the prize money, though the British parliament was very reluctant to hand it over.