Home Job Opportunities Contact Us Links 中文   We hope to continue building this page so that enthusiasts for the world of the sea, starting here, can set out on any virtual voyage of maritime exploration that takes their fancy. Let us know your favorite sites by e-mailing info@hkmaritimemuseum.org Museums in Hong Kong General Maritime History and Naval Heritage Homepage Maritime Museums General Regional Maritime Museums Research and History The East India Companies Marine Archaeology Chinese boats, ships and rigs Marine Art World Maritime & Naval History Maritime matters in general Charts and Navigation Charts Navigation Lighthouses GPS/Galileo Safety at sea Lifeboats Sea Music Shanties Literature of the Sea Historic ships Dictionaries of maritime terms Local maritime organisations   Charts and Navigation Charts The history of the US hydrographic chartmakers can be found at chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/staff/hist.html or in a slightly more digestible form at http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/charts.htm Excellent material on the history of charts is available at http://www.nmm.ac.uk/ A general review of the history of charts and charting is at http://www.pip.dknet.dk/~pip261/navigation.html http://www.hydrographicsociety.org is the website for the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, a non-governmental organization based in the UK and a good place to keep in touch with the latest in hydrographic techniques. And http://www.iho.shom.fr/iho.html will take you to the site of the International Hydrographic Organization, which sets the official standards for the world's charts. To Top   Copyright © Hong Kong Maritime Museum . All rights reserved.