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Dear George,

there is - of course - an ample literature on celestial navigation before
Sumner. For instance:

Albuquerque, Lu?s de
Astronomical navigation.
Lisboa, 1988

Forbes, Eric G.
The Birth of Navigational Science.
London, 1974

and

Hewson, J.B.
A history of the practice of navigation.
Glasgow, 1951

If you don`t limit yourself to English texts there are still more works (and
the following are just a sample):

Garcia Franco, Salvador
Historia del Arte y Ciencia de Navegar.
Madrid, 1947

Guyot, Edmond
Histoire de la d?termination des longitudes.
La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1955

Davids, C.A.
Zeewezen en wetenschap.
Amsterdam, 1986

Andresen, Peter Boy
Die Geschichte der Monddistanzen.
Hamburg, 1924.

One of the best works - with a long chapter on the moon and its use in
navigation - is:

Marguet, F,
Histoire g?n?rale de la navigation du XVe au XXe si?cle.
Paris 1931

It is a bit biased on the french side of the channel, though. The good thing
is that you can download the complete book from the web site of the ?cole
Nationale de la Marine Marchande de Marseille:

http://hydro.marseille.free.fr/histoire_nav_marguet/histoire_nav_marguet.htm

Best regards,
Wolfgang

   

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