Neil Armstrong
An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and ... [... more]
Random House |
Celestial Navigation Quick and Easy: In Your Head ...
 Indeed mostly useless Alas a have to join the last reviewer in most of his remarks. Though I liked the Analemma part which was quite interesting and somewhat useful, there is nothing in it which would help you in navigating with a sextant. The rest is ... [... more]
CDN$16.01
Amazon CA |
Susanne Akesson
Susanne Åkesson, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, in Sweden. She teaches evolutionary animal ecology and ornithology and does research in animal migration and navigation. She ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Ivan Van Sertima
They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. Examining navigation and shipbuilding; cultural analogies ... [... more]
Random House |
Astro Navigation Made Easy
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CDN$26.95
Amazon CA |
Coastal Navigation
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CDN$22.50
Amazon CA |
Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean before the Portuguese
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CDN$165.81
Amazon CA |
Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
Small book packed with information I was concerned that such a small book (just over 100 pages) could contain enough information about celestial navigation to make my sextant useful. I shouldn't have been. The book is bypasses hype, lore and commentary ... [... more]
CDN$20.95
Amazon CA |
Taking the Stars: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to ...
Beautifully put together book about navigation Today the very idea of using a sextant seems crazy when you can just switch on your GPS and be told where on the planet you are. This book takes you through some of the scientific instruments used to find ... [... more]
CDN$73.28
Amazon CA |
Dutton's Nautical Navigation
Not essential to navigation, but most desirable The essentials to celestial navigation are a sextant, the current nautical almanac, and an accurate timepiece correctible to Greenwich Mean Time (Coordinated Universal Time.) Given those things and some ... [... more]
CDN$55.21
Amazon CA |
Ocean Yachtmaster: Celestial Navigation
Celestial Navigation made understandable At last, we have a book which will take the place of Mary Blewitt's dated "Celestial Navigation". These men have co-operated to write what will become the bench-mark manual for this subject which they ... [... more]
CDN$49.95
Amazon CA |
Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By ...
A really practical guide to navigating in small boats I have read or skimmed dozens of works on navigation. I have also navigated a variety of small boats along the coasts of Nova Scotia. None of the other books provided the degree of realistic and ... [... more]
CDN$31.95
Amazon CA |
