Nina Baker: Book review: Mistress of Science,The Story of the Remarkable Janet Taylor, Pioneer of Sea Navigation. John S. Croucher and Rosalind F. Croucher. Women’s History Magazine, Spring 2017, p38. womenshistorynetwork.org/wp-content/u...

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Navigation pioneer Janet Taylor was born 221 years ago today. She authored navigation tables that accounted for Earth's spheroid shape, invented new navigation instruments, and ran a business correcting the compasses of iron-hulled ships in the 1840s. tinyurl.com/374fyj4c #WomenInSTEM #Navigation
The Modern Amphitrite: The Many Nautical Revolutions of Janet Taylor.

The nineteenth century saw Great Britain expanding vociferously into new markets, extending its influence, for better or worse, into every corner of the globe on the strength of its colossal merchant ...

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Book review: Mistress of Science,The Story of the Remarkable Janet Taylor, Pioneer of Sea Navigation. John S. Croucher and Rosalind F. Croucher. Women’s History Magazine, Spring 2017, p38. womenshistorynetwork.org/wp-content/u...
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