Sailing school : navigating science and skill, 1550-1800 /

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"Hands-on science in the Age of Exploration.Winner of the John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Science and Technology by the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Leo Gershoy Prize by the American Historical AssociationThroughout the Age of Exploration, European maritime com...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schotte, Margaret E., 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Series:Information cultures.
Subjects:
Navigation > Research > Europe.
Navigation > Study and teaching > Europe.
Navigation > Europe > History.
Navigation > Recherche > Europe.
Navigation > Étude et enseignement > Europe.
Navigation > Europe > Histoire.
Navigation.
Navigation > Research.
Navigation > Study and teaching.
Europe.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. A Model Education : Seville, ca. 1552
  • From the water to the writing book : Amsterdam, ca. 1600
  • "By the shortest path" : developing mathematical rules : Dieppe, 1675
  • Hands-on theory along the Thames : London, 1683
  • Paper sailors, classroom lessons : The Netherlands, ca. 1710
  • Lieutenant Riou is put to the test : The Southern Indian Ocean, 1789
  • Epilogue. Sailing by the Book, ca, 1800
  • Glossary.

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