{"product_id":"navigational-enterprises-in-europe-and-its-empires-1730-1850-hardcover","title":"Navigational Enterprises in Europe and Its Empires, 1730-1850 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebekah Higgitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Dunn is Senior Curator of the History of Science at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, UK, where he has worked since 2004. \u003cbr\u003eRebekah Higgitt is Lecturer in History of Science at the University of Kent, UK, and formerly Curator of History of Science at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.\u003cbr\u003eDunn and Higgitt are co-authors of Finding Longitude: How Clocks and Stars Helped Solve the Longitude Problem (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 259\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127582068871,"sku":"9781137520630","price":194.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cf4ea252d9f0519594af99b6d4cb117a.webp?v=1732589454","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/navigational-enterprises-in-europe-and-its-empires-1730-1850-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}