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The barefoot navigator : [navigating with the skill of the ancients] / / Jack Lagan
| The barefoot navigator : [navigating with the skill of the ancients] / / Jack Lagan |
| Autore | Lagan Jack |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 623.89 |
| Soggetto topico |
Navigation
Boats and boating Seamanship |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4729-0321-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; CONVENTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A BAREFOOT PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY; GPS: The Death of Navigation?; A Strategy for the Future; PART 1 THE REMARKABLE SKILLS OF THE ANCIENTS; THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS; Just Another Day in Paradise?; Tangata: The Gods of Navigation; 'Feelers of the Sea'; The Chart in Captain William Bligh's Head; Tupaia's Chart; Strategies and Tactics; THE VIKINGS; The Norse Sagas as Cruising Guides; The Polar Stick; Sol-Skuggjáfjol: The Sun-shadow Board; The Uunartoq Compass; PHARAOHS AND PHOENICIANS; King Necho's Big Adventure
Lateen Rigs and Wind CompassesTHE ARABS; Ships of the Desert at Sea; The Rahmãni and the Kamal; THE CHINESE; Sampans and Junk History; Longitude Chinese-style; The South-pointing Needle; TIMELINE OF NAVIGATION AND EXPLORATION; PART 2 PRACTICAL NO-TECH NAVIGATION; WHICH HEADING?; A: The Sun; Rising; Setting; B: The Trade Winds; C: The Movement of the Sea; The waves; The swell; Currents; D: Catch a Rising Star; Above the horizon; The hand of Kaho's apprentice: measuring angles; Finding north using Polaris; Finding south using the Southern Cross; Finding east and west using Orion The sidereal compassWHERE AM I, ROUGHLY?; Latitude: A Belated Definition; Zenith Stars; Using Polaris to Estimate Latitude; Give Me a Little Latitude: A Navigation Strategy; LANDFALL; E: The Clouds; F: The Birds; G: Reflected and Refracted Swells; H: The Wind: Land and Sea Breezes; I: The Water; PART 3 DO-IT-YOURSELF LO-TECH NAVIGATION; DEAD RECKONING; Improvising a Compass; The Watch Compass; The Dutchman's Log; The Home-brew Log-ship; LATITUDE; Kamals and Polar Sticks; The Astrolabe, the Cross-staff and the Backstaff; Improvising Quadrants; Latitude Using the Sun at Noon Latitude Using the StarsMaking a Sun-shadow Board; LONGITUDE; The Ubiquitous Quartz Watch; Using the Sun at Noon; Using a Compass; Longitude by Polar Stick; A Minimalist Longitude using Kochab; A Combined Declination/EoT Table; PLUMBING THE DEPTHS; PART 4 SURVIVAL NAVIGATION; EMERGENCY KITS AND GRAB-BAGS; NOTES; RECOMMENDED FURTHER READING; Books; Websites; APPENDICES; Appendix 1: Quadrant Scale; Appendix 2: The Barefoot Navigator's Survival Kit; Appendix 3: Declination of Sun for Noon at Greenwich; Appendix 4: Declination of Sun (Small Version); Appendix 5: Schematic for Sun-shadow Board Appendix 6: Gnomon Settings for the Sun-shadow BoardAppendix 7: Graph for the Equation of Time (EoT); Appendix 8: Small Graph for the Equation of Time (EoT); Appendix 9: The Beaufort Scale; Appendix 10: Global Position Emergency Locator; Appendix 11: Standard Time Zones; Appendix 12: World Ocean Currents; Appendix 13: Combined Table for Declination and Equation of Time (EoT); INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463249603321 |
Lagan Jack
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| London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The barefoot navigator : [navigating with the skill of the ancients] / / Jack Lagan
| The barefoot navigator : [navigating with the skill of the ancients] / / Jack Lagan |
| Autore | Lagan Jack |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 623.89 |
| Soggetto topico |
Navigation
Boats and boating Seamanship |
| ISBN | 1-4729-0321-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; CONVENTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A BAREFOOT PHILOSOPHY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY; GPS: The Death of Navigation?; A Strategy for the Future; PART 1 THE REMARKABLE SKILLS OF THE ANCIENTS; THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS; Just Another Day in Paradise?; Tangata: The Gods of Navigation; 'Feelers of the Sea'; The Chart in Captain William Bligh's Head; Tupaia's Chart; Strategies and Tactics; THE VIKINGS; The Norse Sagas as Cruising Guides; The Polar Stick; Sol-Skuggjáfjol: The Sun-shadow Board; The Uunartoq Compass; PHARAOHS AND PHOENICIANS; King Necho's Big Adventure
Lateen Rigs and Wind CompassesTHE ARABS; Ships of the Desert at Sea; The Rahmãni and the Kamal; THE CHINESE; Sampans and Junk History; Longitude Chinese-style; The South-pointing Needle; TIMELINE OF NAVIGATION AND EXPLORATION; PART 2 PRACTICAL NO-TECH NAVIGATION; WHICH HEADING?; A: The Sun; Rising; Setting; B: The Trade Winds; C: The Movement of the Sea; The waves; The swell; Currents; D: Catch a Rising Star; Above the horizon; The hand of Kaho's apprentice: measuring angles; Finding north using Polaris; Finding south using the Southern Cross; Finding east and west using Orion The sidereal compassWHERE AM I, ROUGHLY?; Latitude: A Belated Definition; Zenith Stars; Using Polaris to Estimate Latitude; Give Me a Little Latitude: A Navigation Strategy; LANDFALL; E: The Clouds; F: The Birds; G: Reflected and Refracted Swells; H: The Wind: Land and Sea Breezes; I: The Water; PART 3 DO-IT-YOURSELF LO-TECH NAVIGATION; DEAD RECKONING; Improvising a Compass; The Watch Compass; The Dutchman's Log; The Home-brew Log-ship; LATITUDE; Kamals and Polar Sticks; The Astrolabe, the Cross-staff and the Backstaff; Improvising Quadrants; Latitude Using the Sun at Noon Latitude Using the StarsMaking a Sun-shadow Board; LONGITUDE; The Ubiquitous Quartz Watch; Using the Sun at Noon; Using a Compass; Longitude by Polar Stick; A Minimalist Longitude using Kochab; A Combined Declination/EoT Table; PLUMBING THE DEPTHS; PART 4 SURVIVAL NAVIGATION; EMERGENCY KITS AND GRAB-BAGS; NOTES; RECOMMENDED FURTHER READING; Books; Websites; APPENDICES; Appendix 1: Quadrant Scale; Appendix 2: The Barefoot Navigator's Survival Kit; Appendix 3: Declination of Sun for Noon at Greenwich; Appendix 4: Declination of Sun (Small Version); Appendix 5: Schematic for Sun-shadow Board Appendix 6: Gnomon Settings for the Sun-shadow BoardAppendix 7: Graph for the Equation of Time (EoT); Appendix 8: Small Graph for the Equation of Time (EoT); Appendix 9: The Beaufort Scale; Appendix 10: Global Position Emergency Locator; Appendix 11: Standard Time Zones; Appendix 12: World Ocean Currents; Appendix 13: Combined Table for Declination and Equation of Time (EoT); INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787316703321 |
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Lagan Jack
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| London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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