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Escape from Antarctica
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escape.html
Recreates the navigation Ernest Shackleton's crew used on their voyage seeking rescue.
Evolution of the Sextant
http://www.westsea.com/tsg3/octlocker/octchart.htm
Illustrated article including details about dating. Links to antique instruments offered for sale.
John Harrison and the Longitude Problem
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=355&viewPage=1&navId=005001000002
The problem, the man, the clocks and the prize. Online exhibit at Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Longitude at Sea
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/longitude.html
Describes 17th and 18th century use of eclipses of Jupiter's moons to identify position.
Medieval and Twentieth Century Navigation
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/navigate.htm
Methods and equipment used by Columbus and by the Apollo astronauts described, compared, and contrasted.
Navigation Instruments
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/cantrell/presentation1.html
Brief descriptions, thumbnails, links to other resources.
Secrets of Ancient Navigation
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/secrets.html
An overview from the PBS show "The Search for Longitude".
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
The history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus. Includes a timeline of the life and voyages of Columbus.
The History of the Sextant
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~helios/Mestre/Novemb00/H61iflan.htm
Transcript of a talk given at the Science Museum of The University of Coimbra. Includes photos of ancient devices.
The History of the Sextant
http://pwifland.tripod.com/historysextant/
The evolution from the earliest instruments to the sophisticated devices used today described and illustrated.
The Seamans Secrets
http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/seasecr/dseasec1.htm
Text from a book originally printed in 1657 that discusses tides, declinations, and other marine navigation topics.
Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/navigation/Intro.html
Covers the role, techniques, and tools of the Carolinian navigator. From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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