Ocean sailing needed skill; courage; and experience; and the sea chart was the tool by which ships of trade; transport; or conquest navigated. This examines the history and development of the chart and the nautical map; in both scientific and aesthetic terms as a means of safe and accurate seaborne navigation. The Italian merchant-venturers of the early thirteenth century developed the earliest “portolan†pilot charts of the Mediterranean. The subsequent speed of exploration by European seafarers to the New World; around the Cape of Good Hope; and on trade routes to the East; India; and the Spice Islands were results of the development of the sea chart. By the eighteenth century; the discovery and charting of the coasts and oceans of the globe had become a strategic naval and commercial requirement. Such involvements led to Cook's voyages in the Pacific; the search for the Northwest Passage; and races to the Arctic and Antarctic. The volume is arranged along chronological and geographical lines. Each of the ten chapters is split into distinct halves; examining the history of charting a particular region and the context under which such charting took place; followed with specific navigational charts and other relevant illustrations. Key figures or milestones in the history of charting are then presented in stand-alone story box features. This new edition features forty new charts and accompanying text.
#3150725 in Books imusti 2016-06-30Original language:German 9.50 x 1.20 x 8.40l; .0 #File Name: 178250270X304 pagesFloris Books
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