num_pages: 160
description: Children will learn all about their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series. Travel through the past and into the future to explore the history of human navigation, from the crude maps of early explorers to the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) of today. This guide to learning about geography, trade routes over land and sea, and navigational tools and people who used them, is supplemented with 15 hands-on projects and educational activities to expand world view and build navigational confidence.
language: English
title: Tools of Navigation: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Finding Your Way
titlecomplete: Tools of Navigation: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Finding Your Way
genres: History
ratings_count: 9
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award
category: Children/Young Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Nomad Press