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Brief descriptions, thumbnails, links to other resources.
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/cantrell/presentation1.html
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John Harrison and the Longitude Problem
The problem, the man, the clocks and the prize. Online exhibit at Royal Observatory Greenwich.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&am....
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Escape from Antarctica
Recreates the navigation Ernest Shackleton's crew used on their voyage seeking rescue.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escape.html
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Evolution of the Sextant
Illustrated article including details about dating. Links to antique instruments offered for sale.
http://www.westsea.com/tsg3/octlocker/octchart.htm
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The Viking Sun Compass
How the Vikings found their way back from New York 1000 years ago
http://www.griffithobs.org/IPSViking.html
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Medieval and Twentieth Century Navigation
Methods and equipment used by Columbus and by the Apollo astronauts described, compared, and
contrasted.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/navigate.htm
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Understanding How Thompson Navigated
About David Thompson's exploration of western Canada and the northwestern United States from 1790
to 1812, using a sextant and compass. From the Northwest Journal.
http://www.northwestjournal.ca/dtnav.html
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The History of the Sextant
The evolution from the earliest instruments to the sophisticated devices used today described and
illustrated.
http://pwifland.tripod.com/historysextant/
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Secrets of Ancient Navigation
An overview from the PBS show "The Search for Longitude".
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/secrets.html
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Longitude at Sea
Describes 17th and 18th century use of eclipses of Jupiter's moons to identify position.
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/longitude.html
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Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific
Covers the role, techniques, and tools of the Carolinian navigator. From the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/navigation/Intro.html
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The Columbus Navigation Homepage
The history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus. Includes a timeline of the life and
voyages of Columbus.
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
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Wayfinding, or Non-Instrument Navigation
How Polynesians navigated before the invention of the compass, sextant, or clock.
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/pvs/navigate/navigate.html
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The Seamans Secrets
Text from a book originally printed in 1657 that discusses tides, declinations, and other marine
navigation topics.
http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/seasecr/dseasec1.htm
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The History of the Sextant
Transcript of a talk given at the Science Museum of The University of Coimbra. Includes photos of
ancient devices.
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~helios/Mestre/Novemb00/H61iflan.htm
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