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Navigation on Wood: Wooden Navigational Instruments 1590-1731: An Analysis of Early Modern Western Instruments for Celestial Navigation, Their Origins, Mathematical Concepts and Accuracies (2018)

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Authors & Contributors
Grijs, Richard de
Bennett, Jim
Blakemore, Richard J.
Boistel, Guy
Davies, Surekha
Hon, Giora
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Air Power History
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Histoire & Mesure
Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography
Publishers
Brepols Publishers
Brill
Johns Hopkins University Press
Oxford University Press
Peter Lang
Springer
Concepts
Instruments, navigational
Nautical astronomy
Longitude and latitude
Navigation
Maritime science
Cartography
People
Galilei, Galileo
William Nicolas Dawes (British Marines Officer)
Della Porta, Giovan Battista
Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de
Poleni, Giovanni
Stradivari, Antonio
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
18th century
Early modern
19th century
20th century
Places
Italy
Netherlands
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
China
France
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
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