print email comment close Latitude URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/ Description: 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. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cartography Navigation LII Database Information: Record 6647 created by Elaine Walker on 08/02/1999 Last modification on 10/06/2004 Published: 08/02/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6647