Dutton'S Nautical Navigation: Fifteenth Edition (Blue & Gold Professional Library) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155750248X ISBN 13: 9781557502483

Verlag: Naval Institute Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

As paper navigational charts are replaced by vector images on computer screens, magnetic compasses enhanced by digital flux gate technology, and chronometers joined by atomic clocks, the demand has been mounting for an extensive update to the classic reference known worldwide as Dutton's. To meet the varied needs of today's recreational, naval, and commercial navigators the Naval Institute introduces this new edition of a guide that has remained the seafarers' choice for more than three-quarters of a century. It blends the traditional navigation techniques first compiled by Benjamin Dutton in 1926 with technological marvels of the twenty-first century to authoritatively cover all phases of surface navigation. For example, while the book acknowledges that many navigators still peer into the skies through sextant telescopes, it also helps them take full advantage of man-made Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Valued as both an indispensable quick reference and a comprehensive text, Dutton's makes accessible such foreboding subjects as spherical trigonometry through the use of step-by-step explanations and examples that encourage practical use. To insure accuracy and relevancy, a board of experts made up of naval and Coast Guard officers, merchant mariners, accredited harbor pilots, and sea-service academy professors, has carefully reviewed this fifteenth edition. The result is an unparalleled treatment of the art and science of nautical navigation that both amateur and veteran navigators will use to safely navigate the waters of the world.

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Biografía del autor

Thomas J. Cutler, Lt. Cmdr., USN (Ret.), is also the author of A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy and The Battle of Leyte Gulf, among other books, and is the recipient of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature.

Reseña del editor

Blending the very best traditional nautical navigation techniques with the hi-tech GPS satellite-guided capabilities, the author presents the most comprehensive guide to navigating available-presented in an accessible, quick reference format. (Reference).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Naval Institute Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 155750248X
• ISBN 13: 9781557502483
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 554