History of navigation

Chinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)

thumb|Beginning of the Periplus of the Euxine Sea|Periplous tou Euxeinou Pontou by Arrian of Nicomedia, [[Johann Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1533]] A periplus (), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. In that sense, the periplus was a type of log, the nautical counterpart of the later Roman itinerarium of road stops. However, the Greek navigators added various notes, which, if they were professional geographers, as many wer

American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)

ancient Greek periplus

2nd century guidebook by Arrian

ancient navigational aid

Spanish cartographer

British government body formed in 1714

ancient Roman periplus

history of seamanship

death of people attributable, in part, to following satellite navigation directions or maps

literary work

book by anonymus

mapping the periods of finding ways to solve the problems to determine longitude

British scientific competition

Late antiquity work on Alexander the Great

Chinese writer

essay by Dava Sobel

United Kingdom legislation

early Norse sun compass discovered in Greenland