Rasor Bibliography

View entry no. 891

Full entry text:

Aughton, Peter. The Transit of Venus: The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astromony. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; London: Phoenix, 2004, 2005, xiii, 242 pp.

Categories:

18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; expansion; exploration; instrument; navigation; personality; science ;

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, personality, prominent leader, noted person , science , instrument, navigation, compass, clock