[DOC] [TLE] Navigation at Sea, History of - important, system, marine, human [PAR] The angle in degrees was the latitude of the ship. ... that maps could be helpful 
and began keeping detailed records of their voyages. ... (The term "compass rose
" comes from the figure's compass points, which resemble rose petals.) ... During 
the sixteenth century, the chip log was invented and used as a crude 
speedometer. [DOC] [TLE] Naval Terminology L-Z - San Diego Navy History [PAR] Jun 11, 2005 ... As early ship's records were inscribed on shingles (cut from logs) and hinged so 
... (1) a ship's speedometer; (2) the act of a ship in making certain speed, .... to the 
memory of the staunch ships of oak in the good old days of sail. ... The light line 
secured to a small boat's stern post receives its name from the... [DOC] [TLE] Mariners Weather Log Vol. 52, No. 2, August 2008 [PAR] May 15, 2015 ... The word lead is pronounced the same way as in lead pencil. ... Most nights 
and during bad weather they chose to bring their ships in to protected .... As 
Captain James Cook was conducting his voyages of exploration and discovery ... 
Polynesian navigators memorized the star compass as well as known... [DOC] [TLE] The History of Navigation - Boat Safe Kids! - BoatSafe.com [PAR] The first record of boats large enough to carry goods for trade is around 3500 
B.C. ... be helpful and began keeping detailed records of their voyages that land-
based mapmakers used to create the first nautical charts called Portolan Charts (
c. ... The ship's chronometer remained an expensive but necessary navigation 
tool... [DOC] [TLE] Medieval and Twentieth Century Navigation - ER - NASA [PAR] Nov 30, 2004 ... They used simple arithmetic and a technique called Dead Reckoning ... (Actually, 
Columbus judged the ship's speed through his own ... The navigator also needed 
a compass and a log book to record his .... many Ships have been retarded in 
their voyages, and many lost. .... It is almost as accurate as well. [DOC] [TLE] Navigating the Ocean: Student - Ocean Motion and Surface Currents [PAR] A long canoe voyage across the uncharted ocean must have required an 
exceptional .... Use the main map of the Ship Drift Model as well as ... To 
determine their direction of travel, sailors used the compass. ... This is called an "
astronomical fix". ... Historical records provide navigation details about the 
voyages of Columbus. [DOC] [TLE] Words - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Boondocks From the Tagalog word for mountain, it's our word for the backwoods 
...... Log Name for a ship's speedometer, as well as for the record of its voyage. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 1 - Maritime Safety Information [PAR] He plans each voyage carefully. ... best suited to the vessel, its equipment, and 
conditions at .... a chart using the mathematical principle which now bears his 
name. ... The log is the mariner's speedometer. ..... send time ticks to ships well 
offshore began in 1904, and ..... He began by making a detailed record of 
pertinent. [DOC] [TLE] An account of the rise of navigation [PAR] Though other sciences have contributed their quota, it is mainly astronomy that 
has ... at suitable intervals from the beginning to the consummation of the voyage. 
... this time illustrates well the status of the problem up to the eighteenth century. 
... Such a record of the way of a ship appears to have been made with chalk on a
... [DOC] [TLE] SCILLY NAVAL DISASTER OF 1707 The Isles of Scilly, a small ... [PAR] ships off course. Shovell called a conference of the ships' masters to determine 
the fleet's exact location. The consensus ... encounter on its voyage in 1707? ... 
cross-staff (first recorded date of use  1514). 18th Century ... speedometer in 
which a line was knotted at ... well as to detail cargo and events that occurred on 
ships. [DOC] [TLE] Shanty Dreams: A Quest for the Forgotten Stories of the Tennessee ... [PAR] Jul

Question: Name for a ship's “speedometer”, as well as for the record of its voyage
Answer: log