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Do you have some sources where I can read more on this stuff? I came across stick maps when I visited museums in New Zealand, and found the idea very fascinatin
by sn41 8y ago
Do you have some sources where I can read more on this stuff? I came across stick maps when I visited museums in New Zealand, and found the idea very fascinating. I have an amateur interest in navigation.
- btilly 8y agoSorry, I don't. This is all from my memory of a textbook for a course that I took in 1991 through the Open University of British Columbia, which has since become part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University. I no longer remember what the textbook was.
- 205guy 8y agoMy 2 favorite books that explain it in depth, as well as the modern process of re-learning the lost art/skill: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18375122-hawaiki-rising https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18375122-hawaiki-rising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We,_the_Navigators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We,_the_Navigators (Edit: both mentioned in the article, now that I've read it)
- itwasnoaccident 8y agoAnother book that elaborates at some length on non-instrument navigation and the evidence for it is Pathway of the Birds. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41112497-pathway-of-the-birds https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41112497-pathway-of-the-...