The Haven-Finding Art: A History of Navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook

1957 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
G. P. B. Naish ◽  
E. G. R. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
History Of Navigation

The Hydrographic Collections of the British Museum

1956 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Skelton
Keyword(s):  
High Mortality ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Comparative History ◽  
History Of Cartography ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Navigation

The history of navigation and hydrography, as of other crafts or ‘mechanick arts’, has to be constructed from very imperfect materials. Instruments and charts, as the tools of practical men, were commonly discarded when they were worn out or superseded. The high mortality among original charts makes generalization in the comparative history of cartography hazardous. That no Portuguese charts before 1500 are now known does not allow us to conclude that none was made but only that none has survived. Many of the early charts that have been preserved are decorative examples drawn for royal or other patrons; those by which pilots conned their ships had a smaller expectation of life and are correspondingly rare.

The Double Altitude Problem: A Historical Note

1950 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-421
Author(s):  
W. E. May
Keyword(s):  
Historical Note ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
History Of Navigation

The publication of the paper Astro-fix by Computation by Oliver C. Collins in the April number of the Journal serves as a reminder that the observation for the determination of the latitude from two altitudes, usually known as the double altitude problem, is one of some celebrity in the history of navigation.The following notes on the subject may be of some interest although they are far from complete, having been compiled from such books as happened to be readily available, and can only be considered as an introduction to the subject.

The Asian Monsoons and Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Ocean

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deng Hui ◽  
Li Xin
Keyword(s):  
Asian Monsoon ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
History Of ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Geographical Perspective ◽  
Asian Monsoons ◽  
Rendezvous Points ◽  
History Of Navigation

The expedition of Zheng He's fleet to the Western Ocean1 in the first half of the 15th century is an important event in the history of navigation, which has attracted the broad attention of domestic and foreign scholars from different fields2. This paper reveals the relation between Zheng He's voyages and the Asian Monsoon from a geographical perspective. Historical records show that Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean were precisely organized and successfully carried out due to careful consideration of the conditions and periodical patterns of the Asian tropical and subtropical monsoon. Details such as fleet routes, sailing schedules, wind-waiting points, divergent and rendezvous points were painstakingly planned and arranged in advance by the organizers of the expedition, who all paid close attention to the changing patterns of the Asian Monsoon.

The history of navigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
Richard Dunn
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
History Of Navigation
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