The Controversial Skill of Columbus as a Navigator: An Enduring Historical Enigma Export

@article{citeulike:4871512, abstract = {This study of Columbus' navigation is unique because it was written by an historian who is also a trained and experienced professional global (and ocean) navigator, rather than an academic historian with only superficial knowledge of the science of navigation as practiced by Columbus and other early navigators. The study is also unique in that as an American historian author disagrees with his colleagues in the USA who present the view of Columbus as an unskilled entrepreneur who obtained his limited knowledge of navigation as a crew member or passenger on Portuguese voyages, rather than as one of the most skilled and experienced of the cadre of respected Genoese captains and navigators used by kings throughout Europe to perform their maritime enterprises.}, author = {Peck, Douglas T.}, citeulike-article-id = {4871512}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5829556}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0373463309005359}, doi = {10.1017/S0373463309005359}, journal = {The Journal of Navigation}, keywords = {columbus, discovery, navigation}, number = {03}, pages = {417--425}, posted-at = {2009-06-16 15:44:14}, priority = {2}, title = {The Controversial Skill of Columbus as a Navigator: An Enduring Historical Enigma}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0373463309005359}, volume = {62}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4871512 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4871512 N2 - This study of Columbus' navigation is unique because it was written by an historian who is also a trained and experienced professional global (and ocean) navigator, rather than an academic historian with only superficial knowledge of the science of navigation as practiced by Columbus and other early navigators. The study is also unique in that as an American historian author disagrees with his colleagues in the USA who present the view of Columbus as an unskilled entrepreneur who obtained his limited knowledge of navigation as a crew member or passenger on Portuguese voyages, rather than as one of the most skilled and experienced of the cadre of respected Genoese captains and navigators used by kings throughout Europe to perform their maritime enterprises. IS - 03 JF - The Journal of Navigation EP - 425 TI - The Controversial Skill of Columbus as a Navigator: An Enduring Historical Enigma VL - 62 SP - 417 KW - columbus KW - discovery KW - navigation AU - Peck, Douglas PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0373463309005359 ER -