To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage and experience, and the sea chart with, where appropriate, the coastal view, was the tool by which ships of t

This volume looks at the history and development of the chart and the related nautical map, in both scientific and aesthetic terms, as a means of safe and accur

A fearless Spanish crew embarks on a search for a lost ship, swallowed by the Indian Ocean centuries ago, in a novel by “a master of the literary thriller”

Comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated survey of this fascinating topic. Hundreds of full-color illustrations and reproductions with lucid, lively text.