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‘Columbus's Method of Determining Longitude : An Analytical View’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Arne B. Molander
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Keywords

1. History.2. Astronomical navigation.
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Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 444 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1996

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