Artículos de revistas
The objectives of the US Exploring Expedition's circumnavigation (1838-1842): longitude, nautical charting and the establishment of modern geographic coordinates
Fecha
2013-08-02Registro en:
HISTORIA CIENCIAS SAUDE-MANGUINHOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ, v. 19, n. 1, supl., Part 3, pp. 27-48, JAN-MAR, 2012
0104-5970
10.1590/S0104-59702012000100003
Autor
Junqueira, Mary Anne
Institución
Resumen
This article analyzes the main objectives of the scientific voyage to circumnavigate the earth, undertaken by the United States from 1838 to 1842. Charting was one of the most important of the scientific and strategic goals of the exploratory voyage. The initiative for the undertaking was the search for exact positioning on the high seas after the establishment of the longitude system, when nautical charts and maps from various countries were compared, and other, new ones were drawn. The United States participated in this international effort, leading to the creation of its own cartographic system.