Practical Navigation 1680
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Practical Navigation 1680
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Author : John Seller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Practical Navigation 1680 written by John Seller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Navigation categories.
Wrinkles In Practical Navigation
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Author : Squire Thornton S. Lecky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Wrinkles In Practical Navigation written by Squire Thornton S. Lecky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Navigation categories.
A Catalogue Of The Valuable Library Of Edward Wynne Which Will Be Sold By Auction By Leigh And Sotheby Beginning Monday March 6 1786
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Author : Leigh and Sotheby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1786
A Catalogue Of The Valuable Library Of Edward Wynne Which Will Be Sold By Auction By Leigh And Sotheby Beginning Monday March 6 1786 written by Leigh and Sotheby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1786 with categories.
Wrinkles In Practical Navigation
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Author : Squire Thornton Stratford Lecky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
Wrinkles In Practical Navigation written by Squire Thornton Stratford Lecky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with Navigation categories.
A Biography Of A Map In Motion
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Author : Christian J. Koot
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2018
A Biography Of A Map In Motion written by Christian J. Koot and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Reveals the little known history of one of history’s most famous maps – and its maker Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America. Created by a colonial merchant, planter, and diplomat named Augustine Herrman, the map pictures the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and communities. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map. Although the map has been reproduced widely, the history of how it became one of the most famous images of the Chesapeake has never been told. A Biography of a Map in Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights into the creation of empire in North America. The book follows the map from the waterways of the Chesapeake to the workshops of London, where it was turned into a print and sold. Transported into coffee houses, private rooms, and government offices, Virginia and Maryland became an apparatus of empire that allowed English elites to imaginatively possess and accurately manage their Atlantic colonies. Investigating this map offers the rare opportunity to recapture the complementary and occasionally conflicting forces that created the British Empire. From the colonial and the metropolitan to the economic and the political to the local and the Atlantic, this is a fascinating exploration of the many meanings of a map, and how what some saw as establishing a sense of local place could translate to forging an empire.
Tides In The Affairs Of Men
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Author : Cheryl Fury
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2001-12-30
Tides In The Affairs Of Men written by Cheryl Fury and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-30 with History categories.
The age of maritime expansion and the Anglo-Spanish War have been analyzed by generations of historians, but nearly all studies have emphasized events and participants at the top. This book examines the lives and experiences of the men of the Elizabethan maritime community during a particularly volatile period of maritime history. The seafaring community had to contend with simultaneous pressures from many different directions. Shipowners and merchants, motivated by profit, hired seamen to sail voyages of ever-increasing distances, which taxed the health and capabilities of 16th-century crews and vessels. International tensions in the last two decades of Elizabeth's reign magnified the risks to all seamen, whether in civilian employment or on warships. The advent of open warfare with Spain in 1585 resulted in a privateering war against the Spanish Empire, seen by some seamen as one of the few boons of the conflict. The other major development was the introduction of impressment, a deeply resented aspect of any naval war and one that brought great hardship to seamen and their families. The relationship between the Crown and its seafarers was a pull-haul between a state beset by financial problems of fighting a protracted war on several fronts and employees forced to work in dangerous conditions for substandard wages. The stresses of the war years tell us much about the dynamic of the maritime community, their expectations, and their coping strategies.
A New And Complete Epitome Of Practical Navigation
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Author : John William Norie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1819
A New And Complete Epitome Of Practical Navigation written by John William Norie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1819 with Nautical astronomy categories.
Sailing School
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Author : Margaret E. Schotte
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Sailing School written by Margaret E. Schotte and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Hands-on science in the Age of Exploration. Winner of the John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Science and Technology by the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Leo Gershoy Prize by the American Historical Association Throughout the Age of Exploration, European maritime communities bent on colonial and commercial expansion embraced the complex mechanics of celestial navigation. They developed schools, textbooks, and instruments to teach the new mathematical techniques to sailors. As these experts debated the value of theory and practice, memory and mathematics, they created hybrid models that would have a lasting impact on applied science. In Sailing School, a richly illustrated comparative study of this transformative period, Margaret E. Schotte charts more than two hundred years of navigational history as she investigates how mariners solved the challenges of navigating beyond sight of land. She begins by outlining the influential sixteenth-century Iberian model for training and certifying nautical practitioners. She takes us into a Dutch bookshop stocked with maritime manuals and a French trigonometry lesson devoted to the idea that "navigation is nothing more than a right triangle." The story culminates at the close of the eighteenth century with a young British naval officer who managed to keep his damaged vessel afloat for two long months, thanks largely to lessons he learned as a keen student. This is the first study to trace the importance, for the navigator's art, of the world of print. Schotte interrogates a wide variety of archival records from six countries, including hundreds of published textbooks and never-before-studied manuscripts crafted by practitioners themselves. Ultimately, Sailing School helps us to rethink the relationship among maritime history, the Scientific Revolution, and the rise of print culture during a period of unparalleled innovation and global expansion.
The First Scientific American
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Author : Joyce Chaplin
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2007-08-02
The First Scientific American written by Joyce Chaplin and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-02 with History categories.
Famous, fascinating Benjamin Franklin -- he would be neither without his accomplishments in science. Joyce Chaplin's authoritative biography considers all of Franklin's work in the sciences, showing how, during the rise and fall of the first British empire, science became central to public culture and therefore to Franklin's success. Having demonstrated in his earliest experiments and observations that he could master nature, Franklin showed the world that he was uniquely suited to solve problems in every realm. In the famous adage, Franklin "snatched lightning from the sky and the scepter from the tyrants" -- in that order. The famous kite and other experiments with electricity were only part of Franklin's accomplishments. He charted the Gulf Stream, made important observations on meteorology, and used the burgeoning science of "political arithmetic" to make unprecedented statements about America's power. Even as he stepped onto the world stage as an illustrious statesman and diplomat in the years leading up to the American Revolution, his fascination with nature was unrelenting. Franklin was the first American whose "genius" for science qualified him as a genius in political affairs. It is only through understanding Franklin's full engagement with the sciences that we can understand this great Founding Father and the world he shaped.
The Social History Of English Seamen 1485 1649
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Author : Cheryl A. Fury
language : en
Publisher: DS Brewer
Release Date : 2012
The Social History Of English Seamen 1485 1649 written by Cheryl A. Fury and has been published by DS Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Investigates the lives of common sailors engaged in commerce, exploration, privateering and piracy, and naval actions during Tudor and Stuart periods.