Web Directory

» Escape from Antarctica
   Recreates the navigation Ernest Shackleton's crew used on their voyage seeking rescue.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escape.html

» Evolution of the Sextant
   Illustrated article including details about dating. Links to antique instruments offered for sale.
   http://www.westsea.com/tsg3/octlocker/octchart.htm

» John Harrison and the Longitude Problem
   The problem, the man, the clocks and the prize. Online exhibit at Royal Observatory Greenwich.
   http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=355&viewPage=1&navId=005001000002

» Longitude at Sea
   Describes 17th and 18th century use of eclipses of Jupiter's moons to identify position.
   http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/longitude.html

» Secrets of Ancient Navigation
   An overview from the PBS show "The Search for Longitude".
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/secrets.html

» The Columbus Navigation Homepage
   The history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus. Includes a timeline of the life and voyages of Columbus.
   http://www.columbusnavigation.com/

» The History of the Sextant
   The evolution from the earliest instruments to the sophisticated devices used today described and illustrated.
   http://pwifland.tripod.com/historysextant/

» Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific
   Covers the role, techniques, and tools of the Carolinian navigator. From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
   http://www.museum.upenn.edu/navigation/Intro.html

» Understanding How Thompson Navigated
   About David Thompson's exploration of western Canada and the northwestern United States from 1790 to 1812, using a sextant and compass. From the Northwest Journal.
   http://www.northwestjournal.ca/dtnav.html

» Wayfinding, or Non-Instrument Navigation
   How Polynesians navigated before the invention of the compass, sextant, or clock.
   http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/L2wayfind.html