Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Format
ePUB 3
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Nein
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
31.01.2020
Verlag
Pen & Sword MaritimeSeitenzahl
224 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
7148 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781526731708
A history of the development of navigation at sea throughout the ages, including the challenges faced and the advancements in technology.
"A concise overview of navigation at sea.Pike, a maritime writer with a lengthy maritime career, examines many aspects of ocean travel, including weather, oceanography, charting, routing, and buoyage, as well as various methods for marine navigation, such as celestial, electronic, terrestrial, and satellite.... Overall, this is a useful introductory volume for maritime studies and nautical science programs." - CHOICE
Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus.
The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to record the development of navigational techniques from the earliest time, five millenniums ago. As explorers started to venture offshore into the unknown they had to rely on the sun and stars for direction. From this, pioneers turned to mathematics, astrolabes, sextants and increasing accurate clocks to measure latitude and later longitude. More recently major breakthroughs with electronic navigation, GPS and other satellite systems have revolutionised travel.
Focusing primarily but not exclusively on marine navigation, the author weaves a fascinating course through the successes and failures of mankind's quest to explore his world. The result is a thoroughly entertaining and informative work which has no rival.
"Reads well, is concise, maintains the interest of the reader and includes just enough personal touch to "not" make you feel that it is an autobiography." -Naval Historical Foundation
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