EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN VOYAGES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION

[Cmmdre]

Exploration by sail has always interested me and I thought this link would be helpful to anyone else who has similar interests.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...ic_exploration

Also this site...

http://www.captaincooksociety.com/home

[7eat51]

I am glad you mentioned this interest Paul. Recently, I have seen some books on AoS exploration. When I see them again, I will link them to you.

[Cmmdre]

I would like that very much Eric. Thank you.

[Jack Aubrey]

That`s a very good thread, Paul. I like it :g&t:

[Berthier]

Great topic Paul, something we haven't covered at all in the last eighteen months and another source for innumerably links!!

In the same vein, I'm, not sure if we have covered the history of navigation for the period either, the longitude issue I'm sure has been mentioned and perhaps dead reckoning, but there are many aspects of possible interest in celestial navigation, navigation instruments, time keeping devices, speed measurement etc etc.

Captain Cook of course was sent to the Pacific to measure the transit of Venus across the sun for comparison with measurements from Greenwich I presume, but whilst down this way mapped the east coast of Australia as well.

[Cmmdre]

Of course there is the invention by John Harrison of the H4 Chronometer in 1760 which helped mariners keep accurate time at sea and thus giving them the ability to fix longitude. A problem up until that point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison

And watchmaker Larcum Kendall...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larcum_Kendall#K1