This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors.
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Richard Dunn is Senior Curator of the History of Science at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, UK, where he has worked since 2004.Rebekah Higgitt is Lecturer in History of Science at the University of Kent, UK, and formerly Curator of History of Science at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Dunn and Higgitt are co-authors of Finding Longitude: How Clocks and Stars Helped Solve the Longitude Problem (2014).
Dil İngilizce ● Biçim PDF ● Sayfalar 259 ● ISBN 9781137520647 ● Dosya boyutu 2.9 MB ● Editör Rebekah Higgitt & Richard Dunn ● Yayımcı Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Kent London ● Ülke GB ● Yayınlanan 2016 ● İndirilebilir 24 aylar ● Döviz EUR ● Kimlik 4689891 ● Kopya koruma Sosyal DRM