Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800

Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 (Johns Hopkins University Press) illustrates the complex process an apprentice once underwent to learn how to sail. In this comparative study, Margaret E. Schotte *14 investigates techniques developed by early navigators that were passed along to later generations — from Iberian models to Dutch maritime manuals and French trigonometry lessons — and explores the rise of print culture.