02207nam 2200553 a 450 991046237310332120200303004446.01-4214-0560-1(CKB)2670000000387824(EBL)3318705(SSID)ssj0000916319(PQKBManifestationID)12430625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916319(PQKBWorkID)10875426(PQKB)11263526(MiAaPQ)EBC3318705(EXLCZ)99267000000038782420110926d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe science of navigation[electronic resource] from dead reckoning to GPS /Mark DennyBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20121 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4214-0511-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.""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.NavigationHistoryMapsCartographyGeodesyElectronic books.NavigationHistory.Maps.Cartography.Geodesy.623.8909Denny Mark1953-860431MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462373103321The science of navigation1919761UNINA