Format:
Online-Ressource (272 p)
ISBN:
9781421405117
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Point of Departure -- First Quadrant: Geodesy -- CHAPTER ONE: Earth and Its Orbit -- CHAPTER TWO: Shaping the Earth -- Second Quadrant: Cartography -- CHAPTER THREE: Surveying -- CHAPTER FOUR: Mapmaking -- Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation -- CHAPTER FIVE: Early Explorers, Basic Tools -- CHAPTER SIX: Europe Discovers the World -- Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Age of Sail and Steam -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Electronic Age -- CONCLUSION: Nature's Navigators -- Technical Appendix -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Point of Departure""; ""First Quadrant: Geodesy""; ""CHAPTER ONE: Earth and Its Orbit""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Shaping the Earth""; ""Second Quadrant: Cartography""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Surveying""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: Mapmaking""; ""Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Early Explorers, Basic Tools""; ""CHAPTER SIX: Europe Discovers the World""; ""Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: The Age of Sail and Steam""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT: The Electronic Age""; ""CONCLUSION: Nature�s Navigators""
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""Technical Appendix""""Annotated Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421405605
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421405117
Additional Edition:
Print version Science of Navigation : From Dead Reckoning to GPS
Language:
English
Keywords:
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