
"As it Was" is a selection of 48 historical Hydrographic highlights by Columnist Steve Ritchie, who has been writing his 'As it Was' columns for Hydro international magazine.- Periploi: The earliest know sailing directions, dating from over a thousand years before the first sea charts.- Carte Pisane: The earliest sea chart, drawn on a goatskin toward the end of the 13th Century.- The Voyages of Ad...
Paperback: 118 pages
Publisher: Geomares publishing (2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9080620556
ISBN-13: 978-9080620551
Package Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 8031430
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He: From China to the coasts of Arabia and Africa 1405-33.- The Piri Reis Map: Drwan by a Turkisch sailor in 1513, this map depicts the whole known world. Only half the map still exists today.- The Carta Marina Scandinavia; Published in 1539 in Rome by Olaus Magnus, a Catholic priest exiled from Sweden.- Views on Charts and Sailing Directions; First appeared printed from woodcuts in Pierre Garcie's 'Routier de la Mer', published at Rouen early in the 16th Century.- The Rotz Atlas; Includes eleven charts of the known world. Published by Jean Rotz of Dieppe, who presented a copy to King Henry VIII of England.- Early Dutch Charts; Cornelius Anthonisz of Amsterdam published a chart printed from woodblocks on paper in 1542. This led the way for other Dutch cartographers.- Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer; In 1584 Waghenaer published his great atlas of 23 charts 'Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' (Mirror of the Sea). Printed from engraved copper plates on paper, these seamen's charts marked a watershed in hydrographic history.- and many more hystorical highlights.