Descrizione
To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage and experience, andthe sea chartwith, where appropriate, the coastal view, was the tool by which ships of trade, transport or conquest navigated their course.
This book looks at thehistory and development of the chartand the related nautical map, in bothscientific and aestheticterms, as a means of safe and accurate seaborne navigation. The Italian merchant-venturers of the early Thirteenth Century developedthe earliestportulanpilot charts of the Mediterranean. The subsequent speed of exploration by European seafarers, encompassingthe New World, the extraordinary voyages around theCape of Good Hopeand the opening up of the trade tothe East, India and the Spice Islandswere both a result of the development of the sea chart and additionally as an aid to that development. By the Eighteenth Century the discovery and charting of the coasts and oceans of the globe had become a strategic naval and commercial requirement. Such involvements led toCook’s voyages in the Pacific, the search forthe Northwest Passageand races to theArctic and Antarctic.
The volume is arrangedalong chronological and then geographical lines. Each of the ten chapters is split into two distinct halves examiningthe history of the chartingof a particular region andthe contextunder which such charting took place following which specific navigational charts and views together withother relevant illustrationsare presented.Key figuresormilestonesin the history of charting are then presented in stand-alone story box features.
This new edition features around40 new chartsand accompanying text.
Edition: 2016
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