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Maritime History - Vol. 1:

The Age of Discovery
edited by John B. Hattendorf
Orig. Ed. 1996, 348 pp., ISBN 1-57524-010-6, Cloth

The Age of Discovery is an introductory text for undergraduate courses in maritime history and the age of exploration. This series of essays, developed from an NEH Summer Institute in Early Modern Maritime History at the John Carter Brown Library, is designed to summarize the latest interpretations in this field, introducing students to the wider literature. There is no other up-to-date, basic text currently available in this field.

Maritime History - Vol. 2:

The Eighteenth Century and the Classic Age of Sail
edited by John B. Hattendorf
Orig. Ed. 1997, 320 pp., ISBN 1-57524-007-6, Cloth

This is designed as an introductory text for undergraduate courses in maritime history and the eighteenth century. This series of essays, developed from an NEH Summer Institute in Early Modern Maritime History at the John Carter Brown Library, is designed to summarize the latest interpretations in this field, introducing students to the wider literature. There is no other up-to-date, basic text currently available in this field.

Taking The Stars:

Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts
by Peter Ifland
Orig. Ed. 1998, 240 pp., ISBN 1-57524-095-5, Cloth

An early astrolabe, its name derived from Greek words for "star" (astron) and "to take" (ambanein), was an instrument with which a navigator "took the stars" to determine a vessel's position in the great expanse of the sea. From the simple wooden kam  developed by ancient Arab mariners to the modern navigator's electronic global positioning system, Taking the Stars: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts traces the long path of ingenious inventions developed for celestial navigation. Renowned collector Peter Ifland applies his talent for clear, engaging prose to describe the incremental improvements, world-changing advances, and well-intentioned failures that have marked the evolution of celestial navigation instruments for over 1,000 years. Two panoramas converge in these lavishly illustrated pages. One is a parade of wonderful—and often, wonderfully clever—devices for celestial navigation: among others, the kam, the cross-staff and back-staff, the astrolabe, and the marvelous variations on the divided celestial circle, the half-circle, quadrant, quintant, sextant, octant, and their kin. The other panorama is a carefully delineated roll-call of the great craftsmen and inventors of celestial navigation instruments the likes of Thomas Godfrey, Captain John Davis, John Dollond, Edward Nairne, John Hadley, and Jesse Ramsden.

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