Author: John Nourse (Londres)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea
Author: John Nourse (Londres)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: A History of the Practice of Navigation
Author: J. B. HewsonPublisher: Ferguson Brown & Son
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This is the most exhaustive account of the evolution of modern navigational practice that has yet been written in English. It begins with separate chapters on Charts and Sailing Directions, from the hand-drawn Portolan chart and manuscript guides for seamen to the modern Admiralty charts and Pilots.
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Sam WillisPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843833673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did. SAM WILLIS has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is also the author of Fighting Ships, 1750-1850(Quercus).
We, the Navigators
Author: David LewisPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824815820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation systems in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.
Mingming & the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing
Author: Roger D. TaylorPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0955803527
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The book covers three extraordinary voyages in the tiny yacht Mingming, carrying on from where Voyages of a Simple Sailor left off.
Journal of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Author: Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England
Author: Eric H. AshPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801879920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
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Author: John Ogilvie