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	The Columbus Navigation Homepage - http://www.columbusnavigation.com/ The history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus. Includes a timeline of the life and voyages of Columbus.
	Escape from Antarctica - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escape.html Recreates the navigation Ernest Shackleton's crew used on their voyage seeking rescue.
	Secrets of Ancient Navigation - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/secrets.html An overview from the PBS show "The Search for Longitude".
	Longitude at Sea - http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/longitude.html Describes 17th and 18th century use of eclipses of Jupiter's moons to identify position.
	Traditional Navigation in the Western Pacific - http://www.museum.upenn.edu/navigation/Intro.html Covers the role, techniques, and tools of the Carolinian navigator. From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

	Wayfinding, or Non-Instrument Navigation - http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/L2wayfind.html How Polynesians navigated before the invention of the compass, sextant, or clock.
	The Seamans Secrets - http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/seasecr/dseasec1.htm Text from a book originally printed in 1657 that discusses tides, declinations, and other marine navigation topics.
	The History of the Sextant - http://www.mat.uc.pt/~helios/Mestre/Novemb00/H61iflan.htm Transcript of a talk given at the Science Museum of The University of Coimbra. Includes photos of ancient devices.
	Understanding How Thompson Navigated - http://www.northwestjournal.ca/dtnav.html About David Thompson's exploration of western Canada and the northwestern United States from 1790 to 1812, using a sextant and compass. From the Northwest Journal.
	Evolution of the Sextant - http://www.westsea.com/tsg3/octlocker/octchart.htm Illustrated article including details about dating. Links to antique instruments offered for sale.

	The History of the Sextant - http://pwifland.tripod.com/historysextant/ The evolution from the earliest instruments to the sophisticated devices used today described and illustrated.
	John Harrison and the Longitude Problem - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server.php?request=setTemplate:singlecontent&contentTypeA=conWebDoc&contentId=355&viewPage=1&navId=005001000002 The problem, the man, the clocks and the prize. Online exhibit at Royal Observatory Greenwich.

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