7 events with tag "navigation"
1190
ID: 88
Magnetic compass reaches Europe from China via Arab traders - revolutionizing navigation
ID: 88
1488
ID: 106
Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope in caravel - Portuguese ship design proves capable of ocean navigation
ID: 106
1498
ID: 109
Vasco da Gama reaches India using caravel and compass - 27,000 mile journey guided by needle pointing north
ID: 109
1714
ID: 459
Brook Taylor develops systematic theory of finite differences for numerical approximation between data points
ID: 459
1752
ID: 545
Tobias Mayer applies Euler's analysis to create accurate lunar tables for navigation
ID: 545
1969
ID: 1861
Apollo 11 lands on Moon using mathematical navigation and control systems
ID: 1861
2024
ID: 341
Mote adds scent-based navigation system for creatures to find food
ID: 341