Nautical astronomy -- History

Finding longitude

by Dunn, Richard, Higgitt, Rebekah, National maritime museum (Londres)

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A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, illustrated, and accurate chronicle of the search to solve “the longitude problem,” the question of how to determine a ship's position at sea--and one that changed the history of man…

The history of celestial navigation: rise of the Royal Observatory and nautical almana…

by Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, Hohenkerk, C. Y.

fromHistorical & cultural astronomy

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This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries. Written by a group of historians and scientists, it analyzes how competing navigation systems, technologies, and institutions emerged and developed, with a focus on the major players…

The history of celestial navigation: rise of the Royal Observatory and nautical almana…

by Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, Hohenkerk, C. Y.

fromHistorical & cultural astronomy

0 Type: Book

This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries. Written by a group of historians and scientists, it analyzes how competing navigation systems, technologies, and institutions emerged and developed, with a focus on the major players…