Good list of resources from this site. Also has information on Barometers and HMS Beagle. Barometer and Weather Guide … Board of Trade. 1858. Compiled by R. Adm. Fitzroy. Second edition Robert FITZROY (Admiral.)Jan 1859 on Google Books The Barometer at Watchet. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty’s […]
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.