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The science of navigation : from dead reckoning to GPS / Mark Denny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denny, Mark, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navigation--History.
- Navigation.
- Maps.
- Cartography.
- Geodesy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With it you'll finally understand the why of wayfinding.
- Contents:
- ""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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421405605
- 1421405601
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