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26 maj 2023 · This map plots the colonial shipping lanes used by the British, the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Mapped: British, Spanish and Dutch Shipping 1750-1800. I recently stumbled upon a fascinating dataset which contains digitised information from the log books of ships (mostly from Britain, France, Spain and The Netherlands) sailing between 1750 and 1850.
7 paź 2015 · During the 18th and 19th centuries, the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch empires held control over global trade via their colonial shipping routes. During that period, the four nations frequently sailed not only across the Atlantic Ocean but also across the Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Discover (GSR) Global Sea Routes' database: European navigation, maritime voyages, exploration (1500-1900). Uncover seafaring history.
28 sty 2020 · I describe below my research into ship speed in sections of England’s wider coastal shipping network in the seventeenth century. The results given below shine a new light on the broader coastal transport system early on in its history.
Maritime Charts and Atlases. A significant component of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's pre-20th-century cartographic holdings is an extensive collection of nautical charts and atlases pertaining to the world and particularly North America.
2 paź 2024 · It was in the 17th century that the Dutch, the French, and the English began trying to fill out the map of the known oceans. Islands and coastlines were added to sailing charts almost on an annual basis.
