TY - BOOK AU - Denny,Mark TI - The Science of Navigation: From Dead Reckoning to GPS SN - 9781421405605 AV - VK559 .D44 2012 U1 - 623.8909 PY - 2012/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Navigation-History KW - Maps KW - Cartography KW - Geodesy KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Point of Departure -- First Quadrant: Geodesy -- CHAPTER ONE: Earth and Its Orbit -- CHAPTER TWO: Shaping the Earth -- Second Quadrant: Cartography -- CHAPTER THREE: Surveying -- CHAPTER FOUR: Mapmaking -- Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation -- CHAPTER FIVE: Early Explorers, Basic Tools -- CHAPTER SIX: Europe Discovers the World -- Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Age of Sail and Steam -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Electronic Age -- CONCLUSION: Nature's Navigators -- Technical Appendix -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z N2 - With it you'll finally understand the why of wayfinding UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318705 ER -