Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850
| By: | null |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781137520630 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781137520647 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors.