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31: ===Navigation===
33: ...e is fairly easy to determine through [[celestial navigation]], but the measurement of longitude requires accu... - Compass (8275 bytes)
3: ...]] and a [[sextant]] to provide a very accurate [[navigation]] capability. This device greatly improved marit...
7: ==History of the navigational compass==
14: The earliest record about the use of compass in navigation was Zhu Yu's book "Pingzhou Ke Tan" (Pingzhou Tab...
17: ...ontains great details about the use of compass in navigation.
19: [[image:Compass thumbnail.jpg|333px|thumb|Navigational [[sailor|mariner]]'s compass]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
66: ...the improvements in transportation, organization, navigation and finally the influx of gold and silver from tr... - Bat (13851 bytes)
42: ... rely on [[Animal echolocation|echolocation]] for navigation and finding prey. A handful of species, the [[vam... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
102: ... class starship]] ships who research guidance and navigation issues. They are supervised by two Takaya's Whale... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
12: ...1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses could be marked as str... - Ship (18843 bytes)
46: ... both have four letters. Another incorporates the navigation light: ''Is there any red port left?'')
47: * (Navigation) [[Bridge (ship)|Bridge]] - A structure above the...
65: ...is a steel or aluminium fabrication which carries navigation lights, radar antennae etc. - Choreography (872 bytes)
1: ...y also refer to the [[navigation (disambiguation)|navigation]]<!--intentional link to disambig--> or [[connect... - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
6: ...nvented the astrolabe, but it was was the chief [[navigation]]al instrument until the invention of the sextant... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
63: ...eir well trained pugilists, as well as marine and navigation skills, mostly along Sumatran and Javanese estuar...
182: ... ships have to lower cruising speeds to allow for navigation and traffic control, making them prime targets fo... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[15...
15: == Circumnavigation of the globe ==
62: During his circumnavigation of the globe, Drake posted a plate upon leaving D... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...orld twice, and went on to complete a third circumnavigation.
6: ==First circumnavigation==
7: ...[[Bay of Campeachy]]. This led to his first circumnavigation: in [[1679]] he accompanied a raid across the [[D...
26: ==Second circumnavigation==
36: ==Third circumnavigation== - Pirate (23151 bytes)
62: ... ships have to lower cruising speeds to allow for navigation and traffic control making them prime targets for... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
8: ... American ports were reopened in defiance of the Navigation Acts. Most importantly, on [[July 4]], [[1776]],... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
15: ...o [[Mount McKinley]], which resulted in his circumnavigation of the Denali range. He would subsequently make a...
35: Cook never produced detailed original navigational records to substantiate his claim to have reach...
37: ...ttently claimed he had kept copies of his sextant navigational data and in 1911 published some which have the ...
39: ...n]] to take particularly extensive precautions in navigation during his South Pole expedition to leave no room... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
9: ...er another country's flag. This was part of the [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] la... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
9: ...tory, and a school for the study of geography and navigation added over time. [[Jehuda Cresques]], a noted car...
21: ...at Sagres achieved several advances in the art of navigation, and the discoveries Henry made possible provided... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...k began to study [[algebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one da...
39: ...neaux]] commanded HMS ''Adventure''. Cook [[circumnavigation|circumnavigated]] the globe at a very high southe...
71: ...] measurements during his first voyage due to his navigational skills, the help of an astronomer [[Charles Gre... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
77: ...Indians, encounters with grizzly bears, harrowing navigation of wild rivers amidst magnificent scenery, and a ... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
24: ... located on the [[Kennebec River]] at the head of navigation or "head of the tide". As of the [[2000]] census...
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