Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'navigation'.
Found 8 results
-
“I’m in the market as it were” for a printable template from which I can build historical facsimile/replica of a quadrant. Specific year(s) not important (as long as it falls within the GAOP). I would be interested in both a maritime navigations quadrant and/or a artillerist’s quadrant. My own online searches have not been entirely fruitful. So I implore ye my brethren, does anyone know of any sites/links with high res scans and/or images that might serve as a template from which to reproduce a quadrant? Or does anyone have any scans, images, PDFs or other materials they might be willing to share?
-
I wonder if anyone could clear out what prime meridians were used in the GAOP? Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I understand it like El Heirro / Ferro, the Canary Islands, was the most commonly used prime meridian. It was first used by the Spanish, as it was the most westerly known point. (The Portuguese used Madeira in a similar way.) Many countries had for a long time their own meridians, but in this period Holland also used El Heirro for some reason. I think even France used it, perhaps because the Dutch were the superior chart drawers? What did the British use? I know that Dutch charts were highly valued, but perhaps these were converted to an English system. I have seen suggestions of both London / Greenwich and Lizard Point, or did they use El Heirro too?
-
This is still a work in progress, but I'm delighted to say that it was the most asked about object in my display at the last event, so I can't recommend making one enough. Almost everyone who came by asked what it was and enjoyed an explanation of it. It's also easy to tailor make one of these to the needs of one crew or another and paint it with a color scheme that suits your own tastes. This is the first of two traverse boards that I'm working on.
-
Got a gent wanting a Sparrow compass, thought I would share the progress: Started with a wee piece of kindling: basic box: inlay started: Might get a bit more done today......no therapy!!
-
Here ya go William: ...nothin' fancy, just functional. I made then from a piece of 1/4" square stock that has been sround the shop for (?) years, an old sickle mower blade rivet, and filed where needed. I even drilled the hole with a hand-powered drill just for the exercise. Are these going to work for ya? Bo
-
Just finished a gunter quadrant, all bar the cord and plumb-weight. On the obverse is a scale of degrees (and half degrees), Gunter scale, and geometric square. On the reverse is a Nunes scale and Morland perpetual calendar. Obverse Reverse
-
I have been looking into reproducing authentic navigation sea charts. I have downloaded hundreds of maps off the web but I cannot find any that are complete maps, or they are too small to read the print, or there is some other issue with them. With all the pirate related books I have you would think I could find something of use there, but I cannot. The only place I haven't checked is the local Historical Society Library because they are only opened a few days a week, when I am at work. I have two questions; 1. Has anyone here ever reproduced a sea chart before? 2. Does anyone have any suggestions to where can I find good quality, large format sea charts (circa 1700) that I can reproduce?
-
Edward doesn't know I'm posting this and he's probably gonna kill me but..... I'm just a little proud of the work he does.
