Voyage to Jamestown
Subtitle: practical navigation in the Age of Discovery
By: Robert D. Hicks
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781591143765
Subjects: Navigation; Naval art and science; Seafaring life; Ocean travel; History
Description: Voyage to Jamestown explores how sea navigation was accomplished during the era of discovery. Navigational methods and tools are presented within the setting of their use during a sea voyage of the period. While this voyage features a fictional crew and ship, it is carefully reconstructed from actual events, circumstances, narratives, and historical figures, which demonstrates the challenges of marine navigation within the cultural experience of people who actually traveled the oceans centuries ago. The fictional voyage follows the merchant galleon Guyft from Bristol, England, to Virginia in 1611, captained by Tristram Hame. With this narrative technique, the reader can absorb seafaring and navigation as practiced in the seventeenth century as if they were on board the ship. Navigational theory, methods, and instrumentation of the era are all engagingly presented within economic, political, scientific, and religious contexts to portray how the early navigator experienced his world.--from publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the haven-finding art; title: Sea chariots and horses of England : Guyft, her master, and the American enterprise; title: Break ground or weigh anchor : getting under way to Virginia; title: October 8, the Azores; title: Beholding the diversity of days and nights : the universe of 1611; title: October 27, Madeira; title: He setteth for the sun : finding latitude; title: November 27, New Spain; title: Virginia.