Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings -- Systems of geography : grids and radials -- Seamen and scientists : the practical vs. the theoretical -- Navigation and cartography : a symbiotic relationship -- An imperfect technology -- Ports -- Cartographers and mariners -- Beyond the Mediterranean Sea and into the Atlantic -- The Indian Ocean and onwards to the Orient -- The transition to modern admiralty charts -- Appendix : survey of the scholarly literature of the subject.
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