History Navigation Geomatics

History Navigation Geomatics

History

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- The history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus. Includes a timeline of the life and voyages of Columbus.
- Covers the role, techniques, and tools of the Carolinian navigator. From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
- About David Thompson's exploration of western Canada and the northwestern United States from 1790 to 1812, using a sextant and compass. From the Northwest Journal.
- Brief descriptions, thumbnails, links to other resources.
- Methods and equipment used by Columbus and by the Apollo astronauts described, compared, and contrasted.
- Text from a book originally printed in 1657 that discusses tides, declinations, and other marine navigation topics.
- The problem, the man, the clocks and the prize. Online exhibit at Royal Observatory Greenwich.
- How Polynesians navigated before the invention of the compass, sextant, or clock.
- The evolution from the earliest instruments to the sophisticated devices used today described and illustrated.
- An overview from the PBS show "The Search for Longitude".
- Recreates the navigation Ernest Shackleton's crew used on their voyage seeking rescue.
- Describes 17th and 18th century use of eclipses of Jupiter's moons to identify position.
- Illustrated article including details about dating. Links to antique instruments offered for sale.

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