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Denny Mark <1953-> |
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The science of navigation [[electronic resource] ] : from dead reckoning to GPS / / Mark Denny |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Navigation - History |
Maps |
Cartography |
Geodesy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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. |
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