Venue: Leigh Scott Room, Level 1, Baillieu Library
Presenters: Dr Gerhard Wiesenfeldt
Maritime navigation has always relied on thorough knowledge of the seas and of the skies, it also depended on experience that needed to be acquired through training. However, in different cultures and in different periods we find diverse navigational practices - using the Sun, stars, waves, currents and coastlines as markers. We also find many conflicts on what would constitute the right kind of navigational techniques. In this talk Dr Gerhard Wiesenfeldt, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies in the Faculty of Arts, will discuss some examples and look at the role islands played in the history of navigation.
This public lecture is part of the public program for the Plotting the Island: dreams, discovery and disaster exhibition.
from
https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/8270-charts-stars-and-islands-on-the-history-of-maritime-navigation
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