The History of Navigation

by Dag Pike

Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus.

The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to record the development of navigational techniques from the earliest time, five millenniums ago. As explorers started to venture offshore into the unknown they had to rely on the sun and stars for direction. From this pioneers turned to mathematics, astrolobes, sextants and increasing accurate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152673169X
• ISBN13: 9781526731692
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"