Waters david 1911 2012 (1 Ergebnisse)

FIRST EDITION. Large 4to. xv, 478 pp. Frontis., 14 illustrations (including fold-outs), 3 tables, glossary, index. Dark blue cloth, blind stamped cover illustration, gilt-stamped blue spine label, dust-jacket; jacket worn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Through a friendship that he developed with the wealthy American sportsman, former wartime naval officer, and book collector, Henry C. Taylor, Waters began his studies of the history of navigation. He published "The Rutters of the Sea" in 1967 and the "Art of Navigation in England and Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times" in 1958, books that Taylor had instigated as well as financially supported. In 1960, Waters became head of Navigation and Astronomy at the National Maritime Museum. There, he played an important role in converting the Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich into a museum in 1967. He served as secretary of the National Maritime Museum from 1968 to 1971 and then became deputy director from 1971 to 1978. Retiring from the civil Service in 1978 at the age of 67, he held two visiting professorships, a Caird Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum, and a fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library. [Wikip.]. Extra postage will apply.…