Book ID: CBB000301666

Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail (2003)

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Jonkers, Art R. T. (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: xvii + 300 pp., maps, illus, bib., index
Language: English

Reviewed By

Review Steinle, Friedrich (2006) Review of "Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (p. 3). unapi

Review Agnew, Duncan (2005) Review of "Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (p. 375). unapi

Review Yost, Robinson M. (2004) Review of "Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 117). unapi

Review McConnell, Anita (2005) Review of "Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 399). unapi

Review Malin, Stuart (2004) Review of "Earth's Magnetism in the Age of Sail". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 372). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Morfouli, Meropi
Hilster, Nicolàs de
Frumer, Yulia
Courtney, Stephen
Smith, Crosbie W.
Schechner, Sara Jane
Journals
Mariner's Mirror
Science in Context
Journal of Global History
Journal for Maritime Research: Britian, the Sea and Global History
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Publishers
Yale University Press
W. W. Norton & Co.
Oxford University Press
Naval Institute Press
Liverpool University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Sea travel
Instruments, navigational
Navigation
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Sailing ships
People
Cook, James
Swift, Jonathan
Harrison, John
Galilei, Galileo
Frézier, Amédée François
Fernandes, Pedro, de Queirós
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
16th century
Early modern
20th century, late
Places
Pacific Ocean
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean region
Virginia (U.S.)
New England (U.S.)
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Great Britain. Board of Longitude
Royal Observatory Greenwich
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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