History
Links
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.
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.
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.