Navigators
This paper formed the 1990 Anderson Memorial Lecture and was presented to the Bristol Channel Branch on 22 February. In developing his theme, George King concentrated very much on the characters of the navigators concerned with six extraordinary exploits, but without losing sight of the navigation i...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0373463300013953 2024-03-03T08:37:47+00:00 Navigators King, G. A. B. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300013953 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300013953 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Navigation volume 43, issue 03, page 295-312 ISSN 0373-4633 1469-7785 Ocean Engineering Oceanography journal-article 1990 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300013953 2024-02-08T08:49:01Z This paper formed the 1990 Anderson Memorial Lecture and was presented to the Bristol Channel Branch on 22 February. In developing his theme, George King concentrated very much on the characters of the navigators concerned with six extraordinary exploits, but without losing sight of the navigation itself. The following version is necessarily much abridged and the editor has reluctantly omitted the detail of fascinating accounts of the expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the American West, the epic open boat voyage by Ernest Shackleton in the Antarctic in 1916, the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, and the spectacularly successful Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The full text of George King's meticulously researched and brilliantly written paper is available to members from the Institute, price £3. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Cambridge University Press Antarctic Shackleton The Antarctic Journal of Navigation 43 03 295 312 |
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This paper formed the 1990 Anderson Memorial Lecture and was presented to the Bristol Channel Branch on 22 February. In developing his theme, George King concentrated very much on the characters of the navigators concerned with six extraordinary exploits, but without losing sight of the navigation itself. The following version is necessarily much abridged and the editor has reluctantly omitted the detail of fascinating accounts of the expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the American West, the epic open boat voyage by Ernest Shackleton in the Antarctic in 1916, the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, and the spectacularly successful Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The full text of George King's meticulously researched and brilliantly written paper is available to members from the Institute, price £3. |
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