The book Longitude by Dava Sobel tells the story of John Harrison who figured out how to calculate how far east or west a ship was on the ocean.

达瓦索贝尔写的这本书《经度》讲述了约翰哈里森如何计算出轮船在海面上从东到西航行距离的故事。

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By Yann Martel. A charming story of an Indian boy lost in the middle of the ocean with a tiger.

作者扬·马特尔，这是关于一个印度男孩和一头孟加拉虎在太平洋漂流的历险故事，一个扣人心弦的故事。

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In the middle of the India Ocean, with not a theme park, multiplex, or multi-story car park to be found, it's the maldives.

在印度洋中部，有一个方看不到主题公园、多功能影剧院、或多层停车场，这就是马尔代夫。

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The "pent-bath" at the top of the eight-story building provides a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean.

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For a country formed when cooling volcanic rock rose through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the archipelago's story in this tournament is appropriate: once again, Cape Verde is a continental newcomer ready to leave its mark.

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That most of the story takes place on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean surely didn't help.

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