Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730-1850

This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors.

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"This collection of essays deals with the development and introduction of methods for finding longitude at sea between 1730 and 1850, mainly by non-British nations. ... Approaching the issue from a non-British perspective considerably broad-ensour understanding and is no doubt the book's strongest point. ... this volume deserves a place in the bookcase of everyone interested in or studying the history of navigation and astronomy." (W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns, The Northern Mariner, Vol. 26 (1), March, 2016)

"Higgitt, Dunn and their learned authors present a fascinating alternative history of longitude, latitude and navigation ... Historians of science and empire, maritime and physical histories will want it on shelves as soon as possible." - Alison Bashford, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK

Product details

• Assisted by: Richard Dunn (Editor), Rebekah Higgitt (Editor), Peter Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349567447
• ISBN: 978-1-349-56744-7
• No. of pages: 259
• Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories