Navigating by the Southern Cross - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Navigating by the Southern Cross write by Kenneth Morgan. This book was released on 2021-01-28. Navigating by the Southern Cross available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this comprehensive study, Kenneth Morgan provides an authoritative account of European exploration and discovery in Australia. The book presents a detailed chronological overview of European interests in the Australian continent, from initial speculations about the 'Great Southern Land' to the major hydrographic expeditions of the 19th century. In particular, he analyses the early crossings of the Dutch in the 17th century, the exploits of English 'buccaneer adventurer' William Dampier, the famous voyages of James Cook and Matthew Flinders, and the little-known French annexation of Australia in 1772. Introducing new findings and drawing on the latest in historiographical research, this book situates developments in navigation, nautical astronomy and cartography within the broader contexts of imperial, colonial, and maritime history.
Astro Navigation Demystified
Astro Navigation Demystified - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Astro Navigation Demystified write by Jack Case. This book was released on 2011-11. Astro Navigation Demystified available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written in plain language, 'Astro Navigation Demystified' aims to make the art of astro navigation easy and enjoyable to learn.
Wayfinding
Wayfinding - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wayfinding write by M. R. O'Connor. This book was released on 2019-04-30. Wayfinding available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision—especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate. O’Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state, becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way, recalling the past, or imagining the future. Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills, the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus. O'Connor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression and PTSD. Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place. "O'Connor talked to just the right people in just the right places, and her narrative is a marvel of storytelling on its own merits, erudite but lightly worn. There are many reasons why people should make efforts to improve their geographical literacy, and O'Connor hits on many in this excellent book—devouring it makes for a good start." —Kirkus Reviews
Wilderness Navigation Handbook
Wilderness Navigation Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wilderness Navigation Handbook write by Fred Touche. This book was released on 2005-09-28. Wilderness Navigation Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Designed for both land and water use, this comprehensive guide helps unlock the complexity of map and chart reading as it relates to navigation. Beginning with detailed technical descriptions of the tools of navigation—a compass, an altimeter, a GPS system, and a sextant—this handbook shows how to use these tools either individually or in combination with each other to navigate any area. Factors that cause tools and techniques to fail are discussed, such as why an altimeter often shows the wrong elevation, a GPS position is sometimes off track, and the sun often points in an unexpected direction. Twenty-one real-life scenarios provide practical wisdom for even the most intrepid navigator. Specific information on using the moon for directions and the stars for position, measuring boiling water temperature for elevation, map projections, map datums, great circle routes, and the UTM/UPS grid system is included.
Polynesian Navigation
Polynesian Navigation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Polynesian Navigation write by Frank Pelham Andrews. This book was released on 1996. Polynesian Navigation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
