Curiosity,
Curiosity, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder: The European Expansion, 15th to 20th Century
A fast-paced narrative exploration of adventure, discovery, and murder while each evolving empire seeks to annihilate the current owner of the trade monopoly. This maritime history, unwinding through the eyes of a sailor, is both educational and engaging on a personal level. Consider whether Marco Polo was for real, did Prince Henry the Navigator, by himself, open the curtain for discovery, why did the Portuguese Empire barely last one hundred years, how did an Egyptian scientist determine the circumference of the earth long before Christ, what was the medieval stopwatch, how did a one-armed, one-eyed, 135-pound British sailor upstage Napoleon at every opportunity and prevent an invasion from France? This and much more.
The second book inside this cover is a themed travelogue with boots-on-the-ground personal adventure travel and discovery, which includes the inspiration to take on this project.
Navigation History, Application and Fun with the Sun
This book was created as a result of much frustration, while attempting to read and understand navigation HOW-TO books. While attempting to decipher the material, I would become lost, unable to comprehend what the author was describing and how I got there. Eventually I was able to create drawings which brought all the confusing details into focus. The result, everything finally made sense. You could think of this as a primer, once you have grasped my simplifications, you are equipped to comprehend the more detailed writings of the experts
While working through the details it became clear that NAVIGATION HISTORY would not only be interesting and helpful, but would also tie everything together. I have been obsessed with the early Portuguese navigators and how their pilots managed obtain positions, ever since I sat alone in the cockpit, out on the high seas. Inside this manuscript are revealed the secret methods, “STATE SECRETS”, that they used to locate themselves, far beyond any reference from land.
As an additional topic of interest, I have provided the reader with detailed instructions, that describe how to create a sundial, which mounts on a birdbath. This amazing device is not only able to keep accurate time, but also allows the builder to track and record the annual figure 8 ANALEEMA.
