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2. We, the Navigators - Wikipedia

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   We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific is a 1972 book by the British-born New Zealand doctor David Lewis, which explains the principles of Micronesian and Polynesian navigation through his experience of placing his boat under control of several traditional navigators on long ocean voyages.

3. Adlard Coles Nautical - Wikipedia

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   The company publishes books on topics of interest to sailors and motorboaters and also ‘landlubbers’ with an interest in the sea. Their list includes almanacs, cruising guides, pilot books and how-to instruction books, as well as large format photographic books, sailing narratives and sea-related reference, maritime history , humour and ...

4. John Rousmaniere - Wikipedia

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   John Pierce Rousmaniere (pronounced "Room-an-ear") is the oldest of the eight children of the late James Ayer Rousmaniere, of Boston and New York, and of the late Jessie Broaddus Pierce Rousmaniere, of Louisville and Brownsville, Texas, the daughter of a U.S. Army general and a cousin of Mayor Andrew Broaddus, who integrated Louisville's parks in the 1950s.

5. Category:Sailing books - Wikipedia

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6. Rutter (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation. It was known as a periplus ("sailing-around" book) in classical antiquity and a portolano ("port book") to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea.

7. Nautical almanac - Wikipedia

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   Two sample pages of the 2002 Nautical Almanac published by the U.S. Naval Observatory. A nautical almanac is a publication describing the positions of a selection of celestial bodies for the purpose of enabling navigators to use celestial navigation to determine the position of their ship while at sea.

8. Marine navigation - Wikipedia

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   Marine navigation is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly. It is an art because of the skill that the navigator must have to avoid the dangers of navigation, and it is a science because it is based on physical , mathematical , oceanographic , cartographic ...

9. Cruising (maritime) - Wikipedia

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   His book Sailing Alone Around the World was a classic adventure, and inspired many others to take to the seas. [4] Cruisers can see traditional life in remote areas of the world; here, a Kuna paddles a dugout canoe in the San Blas Islands. Other cruising authors have provided both inspiration and instruction to prospective cruisers.