Sextants at Greenwich : a catalogue of the mariner's quadrants, mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, backstaffs, octants, sextants, quintants, reflecting circles, and artificial horizons in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich /

This text describes the history and development of navigating instruments. Before satellites these were used to measure the altitude of the sun and stars above the horizon, to determine the ship's position at sea. It also contains a catalogue of 347 mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, back...

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Main Author:	Mörzer Bruyns, W. F. J. (Willem Frederik Jacob), 1943-
Corporate Author:	National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : London : Oxford University Press ; National Maritime Museum, ©2009.
Subjects:	National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) > Catalogs. Nautical instruments > Catalogs. Instruments nautiques > Catalogues. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) Nautical instruments National Maritime Museum > London Katalog Nautisches Instrument Sextant London-Greenwich > National Maritime Museum. Geschichte 1500-1950 National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) > Catalogs Nautical instruments > History > Catalogs catalogs (documents) Catalogs Catalogs. Catalogues.
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