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The Sea Chart

John Blake

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Wetenschap & Natuur
  • ISBN: 9781844860630
The Illustrated History Of Nautical Maps And Navigational Charts
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:01 juli 2009
Aantal pagina's:160
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:John Blake
Tweede Auteur:Blake John
Tweede Auteur:Blake John
Overige kenmerken
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:280 mm
Verpakking hoogte:19 mm
Verpakking lengte:300 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:946 g
Overige kenmerken
Studieboek:Ja
Verpakking breedte:280 mm
Verpakking hoogte:19 mm
Verpakking lengte:300 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:946 g

Samenvatting

To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage and experience, and the sea chart with, where appropriate, the coastal view, was the tool by which ships of trade, transport or conquest navigated their course. This book looks at the history and development of the chart and the related nautical map, in both scientific and aesthetic terms, as a means of safe and accurate sea borne navigation. The Italian merchant venturers of the early thirteenth century developed the earliest 'portulan' pilot charts of the Mediterranean. The subsequent speed of exploration by European seafarers, encompassing the New World, the extraordinary voyages around the Cape of Good Hope and opening up of the trade to the East, India and the Spice Islands were both a result of the development of the sea chart and additionally as an aid to that development. 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 then geographical lines. Each of the ten chapters is split into two distinct halves examining the history of the charting of a particular region and the context under which such charting took place following which specific navigational charts and views together with other relevant illustrations are presented. Key figures or milestones in the history of charting are then presented in stand-alone story box features.