Navigational Instruments

Richard Dunn (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK)

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Shire Publications
25 May 2016

Navigation & seamanship; Boating

Series: Shire Library

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.

By: Richard Dunn (Royal Museums Greenwich UK)
Imprint: Shire Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 820
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780747815068
ISBN 10: 0747815062
Series: Shire Library
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 25 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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).

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