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Navigation, Ancient and Medieval Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration
We may suppose that route finding at sea began with fishermen, who, in summertime, paddled or rowed out from ...
Navigational Techniques Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration
The oldest form of navigation is that of dead reckoning, which is the estimation of position based on maintaining a ...
Navigation Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
was restricted by climate and Byz. control of the sea; naval technology remained limited. Since the Byz. ship was usually ...
Navigational Technology Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
Early mariners navigated by using careful observation of natural phenomena coupled with their experience of the ways of the sea. ...
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World Encyclopedia
Determining one's position and course, often while in a road vehicle, ship, or aircraft. Five main techniques are used: dead ...
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Early medieval naval construction inherited several traditions (Greco-Roman, Celtic, Germanic) whose specific characters did not prevent contacts between the different ...
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Philip de Souza
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
navigation n. Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)
to steer or direct a vessel accurately and safely on the open ocean, along rivers, or in coastal waters. The noun, ...
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Mike Richey
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)
from the latin navis (a ship) and agere (to drive), the art and science of conducting a craft as it moves about its ways. ...
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