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Re: The Evolution of Celestial Navigation.
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2004 Jul 15, 16:00 +0200
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2004 Jul 15, 16:00 +0200
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