Navigation: A Very Short Introduction
(Part of the Oxford's Very Short Introductions series Series)
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From the Bronze Age mariners of the Mediterranean to contemporary sailors using satellite-based technologies, the history of navigation at sea, the art of finding a position and setting a course, is fascinating. The scientific and technological developments that have enabled accurate measurements of position were central to exploration, trade, and the opening up of new continents, and the resulting journeys taken under their influence have had a profound...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198733712
ISBN13:9780198733713
Release Date:May 2017
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 4.5" x 6.8"
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