Navigational enterprises in Europe and its empires, 1730-1850 /

Navigational enterprises in Europe and its empires, 1730-1850 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Description:	ix, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Subject:	Navigation -- Europe -- History -- 18th century. Navigation -- Europe -- History -- 19th century. Navigation. Ocean travel -- History -- 18th century. Atlantic Ocean -- Navigation -- History -- 18th century. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11462773

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Other authors / contributors:	Dunn, Richard, 1966- editor. Higgitt, Rebekah, editor.
ISBN:	9781137520630 (hbk.) 1137520639 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors.
Physical Description:	ix, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781137520630 1137520639