04567cam a2200385 a 4500 ocn144596720 OCoLC 20250814091716.0 070606s2007 enkab b 001 0 eng GBA745755 bnb 013767795 Uk 184486040X (hbk.) 9781844860401 (hbk.) AU@ 000042364669 NZ1 11437694 UKMGB 013767795 (OCoLC)144596720 (OCoLC)500418249 (OCoLC)695021518 (OCoLC)1062090531 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY VK15 .J61 Johnson, Donald S., 1932- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjCKvCKqcgQRQW3wXxQMMX The history of seafaring : navigating the world's oceans / Donald S. Johnson, Juha Nurminen. London : Conway, 2007. 374 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 35 x 26 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371) and index. The Dawn of Navigation -- Seafarers of Oceania -- Idea and Art of Pacific Navigation -- Arctic Seafarers -- The First Boats and ships -- The Seafarers Natural World -- understanding the winds -- Comprehending the currents -- Accounting for the tides -- Dealing with the Weather -- Watching the heavens -- Latitude Sailing -- Establishing Location -- Finding Direction -- Natural Phenomenon -- Ancient Sailing Routes and Peripli -- Egyptian voyages to East Africa -- Phoenicians: the first open sea navigation -- From Peripli to Rutters and Sailing Directions -- the Ancient Mediterranean -- Cosmography of the Ancients -- Pythagorean School -- Alexandrian School -- Roman Contributions -- Second Alexandrian School -- Map Projections -- Navigation In the Middle Ages -- New Views in the Medeval World -- Merchant Ships in the Middle Ages -- Dividing the Horizon: From Wind-Rose to Compass Card -- Michael of Rhodes -- Arab Dhow -- Arab Science Spreads Northward -- Indian Ocean -- the Silk Road's Watery Path -- Early Navigation In Northern Waters -- King Arthur of England -- Age of the Saints -- The Enigma of Currents -- The Voyages of Othere and Wulfstan -- Soundings -- Viking Routes and Long Distance Navigation -- Sea Kings of the North -- Winds of the World -- The King's Mirror -- Nicholas of Lynn -- Viking Ships -- Chinese Junks and the Treasure Ships of Zhen He -- Advances In Sciences -- Scientists Open The Skies -- History of the Compass -- Celestial Ephemera for Navigation -- The Mystery of Magnetism -- The Log -- Iberian Ventures In The Atlantic -- Beyond the Pillars of Hercules -- Linking the Atlantic With The Indian Ocean -- From the Quadrant to the Cross-Staff -- Westward, Across the Atlantic Ocean -- Dead Reckoning -- Dividing the Ocean Sea: The Treaty of Tordesillas -- Ships of the Age of Discovery -- From the Art of Navigation to a Technical Science -- Image of the World In Word and Line -- Leading Theorists for a New Discovery -- Plotting the Tides -- The Measurers for a New Cosmography -- From the Astrolabe to the Sextant -- Lighthouses and Seamarks -- By Icey Sea to the Mighty Kingdom of Cathay -- North America: an Impenetrable Barrier -- Beyond Bleak Russia's Northernmost Confines -- Failures Unending Ocean Perils -- From Doctrine and Discovery to a Place on the Map -- The Dutch Flute -- The World Encompassed -- Circumnavigation Succeeded -- Foreign Trade Expanded -- Exploration Continued -- East Indiamen -- From a Sandglass to the Chronometer -- Endeavours Extended -- The Challenge of Longitude -- New Horizons -- Dangerous Ground -- Exploration Ships in the Pacific and the Antarctic -- The Sea on Paper -- Frontiers Unlimited -- New Goals: Scientific Ventures -- The Clipper -- The Ice-choked Seas -- Vega and the First Cargo Steamers -- First Circumnavigation Single-handed -- Epilogue: the Electronic Age. This is a large-format, meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated and fully international history of mankind's seaborne voyages from the Phoenicians and Chinese to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts. Navigation History. Naval art and science History. Nautical instruments History. Seafaring life History. Nurminen, Juha. has work: The history of seafaring (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGp4k3JPkTjR7P8mMvW4FX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork lcc BK VK15 J61 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 112 OTHER HOLDINGS 3463 3463 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2025-08-14 0 VK15 .J61 2025-0378 2025-08-14 09:17:35 C1 2025-08-14 BK