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Navigational Instruments - Richard Dunn

Navigational Instruments

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
80 Seiten
2016
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-1506-8 (ISBN)
CHF 15,65 inkl. MwSt
With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history. This book shows the solution of the infamous longitude problem, the impact of satellite positioning and other advances in navigation have brought together seafarers, artisans and more.
With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history. As seafarers attempted longer and longer voyages from the sixteenth century onwards in search of profit and new lands, the tools of navigation became ever more sophisticated. The development of instruments over the last five hundred years has seen some revolutionary changes, spurred on by the threat of disaster at sea and the possibility of huge rewards from successful voyages. As this book shows, the solution of the infamous longitude problem, the extraordinary impact of satellite positioning and other advances in navigation have successfully brought together seafarers, artisans and scientists in search of better ways of getting from A to B and back again.

Richard Dunn is currently Senior Curator and Head of Science and Technology at the National Maritime Museum, having worked there since 2004, predominantly as Curator of the History of Navigation, and his publications include The Telescope: A Short History and Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude (with Rebekah Higgitt).

Getting About on the Water / The Basic Tools / Going Further / The Longitude Found / The Age of Measurement / The Radio Revolution / Navigation in the Satellite Age / Further Reading / Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Shire Library
Zusatzinfo 27b/w; 77col
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 149 x 210 mm
Gewicht 181 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Schiffe
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Technik Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10 0-7478-1506-2 / 0747815062
ISBN-13 978-0-7478-1506-8 / 9780747815068
Zustand Neuware
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