Thesis ID: CBB009676048

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
Morfouli, Meropi
Gall, Céline Le
Jacob, Andrew P.
Hohenkerk, Catherine Y.
Schotte, Margaret E.
Concepts
Instruments, navigational
Nautical astronomy
Longitude and latitude
Maritime science
Navigation
Instruments, astronomical
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Early modern
19th century
Renaissance
Places
Atlantic Ocean
Netherlands
Italy
United Kingdom
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Indian Ocean
Institutions
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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