A History Of Navigation

Entry Information

Title:

Developer:

BBC

Publisher:

BBC

Source:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090919012325/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/launch_ani_navigation.shtml

Library:

Games

Tags:

Mathematics
Boating
Interactive
Military
History
Famous Person
Mouse-only
Astronomy

Platform:

Flash

Play Mode:

Single Player

Status:

Playable

Language:

English

Date Added:

2/23/2025, 11:54:56 PM

Date Modified:

2/23/2025, 11:54:56 PM

Original Description:

Chart the course of maritime navigation from the days of rough reckoning to the ground-breaking technological advances of the late 1700s.

The greatest pioneer of this navigation revolution was Captain James Cook who navigated the vastness of the Pacific thanks to the technical genius of John Harrison. In 1759, Harrison devised the first ever clock to keep the time exactly - in any variation of climate.

Thanks to the Harrison's clock keeping exact Greenwich Mean Time, sailors could then determine how many hours they were before or after that time and thus able to determine their longitude (degrees East to West position) on the globe.

Application Path:

FPSoftware\Flash\flashplayer_32_sa.exe

Launch Command:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/navigation/navigation.swf

ID:

050c8170-748e-4f02-9f92-648064b62b51

Game Data

Date Added:

2/23/2025, 11:54:56 PM

Application Path:

FPSoftware\Flash\flashplayer_32_sa.exe

Launch Command:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/navigation/navigation.swf

Size:

310 kB