Navigation aids, navigational practice and construction of maritime landscapes in the North-East Atlantic: a few thoughts

• Published in: Gallia
• Main Author: Arnaud, Pascal
• Other Authors: Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques (HiSoMA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: lighthouse; beacon; daymark; phare; balise; amer; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History; Phare; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03172837; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03172837/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03172837/file/Gallia_2020_77-1_29-43_ARNAUD.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4000/gallia.5298

International audience This article aims to lay the foundations for a study of different types of navigational aids (lighthouses and daymarks) and to put these into the context of navigation practices in the Atlantic sea: direct navigation, coastal navigation, navigation in estuaries and channels, d...