The haven-finding art; a history of navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook

Who hasn't wondered, looking up from ship or shore, how sailors navigated the seas before GPS or radar, even before the compass, chart, astrolabe or other tools?

Taylor, a member of both the Royal Geographical and Royal Historical Societies, gives a practical sense of how navigation by the stars was

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likely done. She provides a fascinating history of sailing without subjecting the reader to any unpleasant notion that one is in fact accumulating a wealth of technical knowledge along the way.

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