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"The magnificent, enduring legacy which Lt Cdr John Blake, RN, has bequeathed to the world is one of those astonishing volumes which changes lives because it transforms the way history is viewed. Thank you, Lt Cmdr Blake. You have become the second Blake to bring nautical greatness to the Royal Navy!" --Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis August 2009
" ... in this lustrous work, John Blake .... has assembled a mouth-watering collection with which to illuminate this history of cartography. --Classic Boat Magazine
"New books on sea charts are most welcome, especially when they contain material rarely or never previously published. John Blake has trawled a variety of chart collections ... and has put together a most interesting volume." --Navigation News
"As a Bridge Officer I always greatly enjoyed using those older surveys ..... and John Blake has produced a scholarly work, one of the most magnificent nooks I have seen for some time.
A MUST for all navigators and students of the history of navigation." --Gunline (Newsletter of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary)
".....John Blake's magnificently illustrated and informative book."
--Navy News
" ... in this lustrous work, John Blake .... has assembled a mouth-watering collection with which to illuminate this history of cartography. --Classic Boat Magazine
"New books on sea charts are most welcome, especially when they contain material rarely or never previously published. John Blake has trawled a variety of chart collections ... and has put together a most interesting volume." --Navigation News
"As a Bridge Officer I always greatly enjoyed using those older surveys ..... and John Blake has produced a scholarly work, one of the most magnificent nooks I have seen for some time.
A MUST for all navigators and students of the history of navigation." --Gunline (Newsletter of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary)
".....John Blake's magnificently illustrated and informative book."
--Navy News
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To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage, and the sea chart was the tool by which ships of trade, transport or conquest navigated their course. This book looks at the history and development of the chart and the nautical map as a means of safe and accurate seaborne navigation. Indeed, by the eighteenth century the discovery and charting of the coasts and oceans of the globe had become a strategic naval and commercial requirement. Such involvements led to Cook's voyages in the Pacific, the search for the Northwest Passage and races to the Arctic and Antarctic. The volume is arranged along chronological and then geographical lines. Each of the ten chapters is split into two distinct halves examining the history of the charting of a particular region and the context under which such charting took place. Following this, specific navigational charts and views together with other relevant illustrations are presented. "The Sea Chart" is a comprehensive study of historical maps, conveying their unique scientific and aesthetic interest.
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