The Organisation of Hydrographic Information for English Navigators - Fivehundred years of sailing directions and charts

Authors
Citation
S. Fisher, The Organisation of Hydrographic Information for English Navigators - Fivehundred years of sailing directions and charts, J NAVIG, 54(2), 2001, pp. 157-166
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Civil Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NAVIGATION
ISSN journal
03734633 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
157 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0373-4633(200105)54:2<157:TOOHIF>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The paper outlines the changes in the physical form in which hydrographic i nformation has reached the chart tables of ordinary navigators over the las t five hundred years and traces its development from a purely verbal aid to a graphic one.