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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction Point of Departure
First Quadrant: Geodesy
Chapter One Earth and Its Orbit
Chapter Two Shaping the Earth
Second Quadrant: Cartography
Chapter Three Surveying
Chapter Four Mapmaking
Third Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation
Chapter Five Early Explorers, Basic Tools
Chapter Six Europe Discovers the World
Fourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times
Chapter Seven The Age of Sail and Steam
Chapter Eight The Electronic Age
Conclusion Nature’s Navigators
Technical Appendix
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Footnotes
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