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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

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    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesHarvard University, Cambridge

    The Syllabus

    • What exactly navigation is and how it works 

    • The importance of position, direction, and speed

    • The many navigational tools of the 18th century

    • How the motion of the sun and stars aids navigation

    • Why longitude is so difficult to determine

    • The historical context of navigation’s technical advances

    • The role of chronometers and lunar distance

    • The story of John Harrison and The Longitude Prize

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