To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage and experience, and the sea chart with, where appropriate, the coastal view, was the tool by which ships of t

This volume looks at the history and development of the chart and the related nautical map, in both scientific and aesthetic terms, as a means of safe and accur

A fearless Spanish crew embarks on a search for a lost ship, swallowed by the Indian Ocean centuries ago, in a novel by “a master of the literary thriller”

As in previous editions, the symbols used on paper nautical charts produced by NOAA and the NGA and digital raster representations of those charts, such as NOAA

Comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated survey of this fascinating topic. Hundreds of full-color illustrations and reproductions with lucid, lively text.