Download or read book The Charting of the Oceans written by Peter Whitfield and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book from the Peter Whitfield cartographic series traces the history of humankind's relation to the sea as revealed in ten centuries of maritime maps. Presenting sixty maps reproduced in color over double-page spreads, and commentary describing their special features and their significance in the history of navigation, the book explores ancient navigation; the Middle Ages and the Age of Discovery; the printed sea chart, 1600-1800; and the modern sea chart.