From the water to the writing book -- Amsterdam, ca. 1600 -- "By the shortest path": developing mathematical rules -- Dieppe, 1675 -- Hands-on theory along the Thames -- London, 1683 -- Paper sailors, classroom lessons -- The Netherlands, ca. 1710 -- Lieutenant Riou is put to the test -- The Southern Indian Ocean, 1789.
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