Annotated Bibliography - The Science of Navigation - page 250

Quanchi, M., and J. Robson. 2005. Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Explo-
ration of the Pacific Islands . Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Both a reference on the European discoveries in the Pacific from 1519 to 1876
and a summary of the earlier expansion of South Sea Islanders into these
regions.
Raju, P. L. N. 2004. ''Fundamentals of Geographical Information System.'' In
Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Agricultural Meteorology . Ge-
neva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization.
Ravenstein, E. G. 1998. A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama (1497-1499) .
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.
Rice, E. 1990. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton . New York: Charles Scribner &
Sons.
A detailed biography of this odd Victorian traveler: religious mystic, lecher,
feminist, rugged explorer of wild regions, writer, linguist, and spy.
Rikitake, T. 1958. ''Oscillations of a System of Disk Dynamos.'' Proceedings of the
Cambridge Philosophical Society 54:89-105.
Selin, H., ed. 1997. ''Physics.'' Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology,
and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures . Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer
Academic Publishers.
de Selincourt, A., trans. 2003. Herodotus: The Histories . London: Penguin Classics.
The works of the classical historian include accounts of early explorations. This
translation includes insightful annotations.
Sheynin, O. 2004. ''On the History of the Principle of Least Squares.'' Archive for
History of Exact Sciences 46:39-54.
Smith, J. R. 1997. Introduction to Geodesy . New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Snyder, J. P. 1993. Flattening the Earth: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections .
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Sobel, D. 1996. Longitude . London: Fourth Estate.
Describes John Harrison's lengthy struggles to construct an accurate marine
chronometer. Understates the contribution made by French horologists, but
tells the story well.
Stearns, B. 1980. ''LORAN-C: Low-Cost Electronic Navigation System.'' Popular
Science , Aug., 76-78.
A very readable account of LORAN-C use.
Taylor, A. 2004. The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized
Geography . New York: Walker Publishing.
This biography paints a detailed backdrop, telling us of the times in which the
great cartographer lived, and so places the subject in context.
Taylor, E. G. R. 1971. The Haven-Finding Art . London: Bodley-Head.
Terrall, M. 2002. The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in
the Enlightenment . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
An accessible yet scholarly account of early-eighteenth-century science set in
the social context of the times.
Thomas, S. D. 1987. The Last Navigator . New York: Henry Holt.