:the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation
/ Alastair Buchan
Chichester, West Sussex ;Hoboken, N.J.
: John Wiley & Sons
, 2008.
vii, 187 p. , col. ill., maps , 21 cm.
Print
Includes index.
An excellent art -- Another kind of sailing -- The first navigators -- All in the mind -- Passage planning -- A home made magnetic compass -- Direction from the sun -- Direction from the stars -- Direction from the moon -- Telling the time -- Dead reckoning and estimated positions -- Coastal navigation -- Home made sextants -- Sextant corrections -- Meridian sights -- Latitude from polaris -- Longitude -- Plane sailing -- Chartmaking -- Signs of landfall -- Accuracy.