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This site covers the early history of navigation and mapmaking. Included are histories of compass roses, longitude, traditional astronomy, calendars, maps, math in maps, magnetism, beacons, ocean currents, sailing, an excellent collection of links to 'Net resources on the topics, and more.
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/
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