From a MS belonging to Sir John Paston, transcribed for the Hakluyt Society. Date is sometime mid 15C, say 1450 ish. See 15C Hakluyt Sailing directions for the circumnavigation of England, and for a voyage to the straits of Gibraltar See original for better text. From Kirkleholmys to Orfordnesse and […]
Navigation
French site with lots of material not yey explored.
Free Nautical Charts
Available on Hathitrust The Way of a ship
1937 The way of a ship; an essay on the ...
Here are the two Furled Sails podcasts where Marvin Creamer describes the techniques he used for his voyage. He estimated the altitude of stars at meridian passage to establish latitude. This means estimating the Zenith, position, Zenith angle and when the star is on the meridian. Sounds tough! There is […]
Circumnavigation with no instruments
First British Navigation Manual. Full text. How to do navigation. Lost – try here