Two Years Before the Mast
Some Links Relevant to Lunars
Sailing
Alone Around the World
Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" has some interesting references to lunars.
This tale of a voyage to the Pacific is similar to Slocum's but understandably
less modern in its outlook. The complete book is online:
Two Years Before the Mast
Arthur Pearson has assembled a nice web site devoted to lunar distances.
Visit his site here:
LunarDistance.com
The G.W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut has
an extensive collection of materials online relevant to lunars including
logbooks from many whaling vessels, a complete scan of an old Nautical Almanac
from 1805, and a copy of "Norie" from 1828. J.W. Norie's navigation manual
can be considered the British equivalent to Bowditch. It includes detailed
instructions for observing and clearing lunar distance observations as well
as extensive accounts of other 19th century navigation methods. The library's
digital collection is here:
G.W.
Blunt-White Library at Mystic Seaport
The main web site for the museum:
MysticSeaport.org
Other Links
Magnetic
Variation/Declination
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