Sailors have been navigating the seas for thousands of years, and navigational technology has progressed exponentially during that time. This concise yet compre

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A wide-ranging history of the geography and communities of Kent from the earliest times to the present day.Kent, with its long coastline and its important geopo

Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus.The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to recor