Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America

Navies, apart from their traditional use by nations as instruments for the projection of power, for the protection of maritime interests and for exercising peacekeeping and war activities, have also had an important role in developing scientific and technical knowledge.  The survey work undertaken b...

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Autor principal: León Sáenz, Jorge
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Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2018
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/33352
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spelling DIALOGOS333522022-07-06T17:42:32Z Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America León Sáenz, Jorge Navies, apart from their traditional use by nations as instruments for the projection of power, for the protection of maritime interests and for exercising peacekeeping and war activities, have also had an important role in developing scientific and technical knowledge.  The survey work undertaken by various navies since the 18th century, has in particular been of great benefit in improving and making navigation safer on high seas and coasts, through the provision of maritime charts and sailing directions, to all mariners.  The technical efforts and geopolitical interests behind those efforts in the 19th century and how they affected the maritime trade and foreign affairs of the Central American countries located on the Pacific Coast are the subject of this study. Universidad de Costa Rica 2018-06-29 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/33352 10.15517/dre.v19i2.33352 Diálogos. Revista Electrónica de Historia; Vol. 19 No. 2 (2018); 58-100 Diálogos. Revista Electrónica de Historia; Vol. 19 Núm. 2 (2018); 58-100 Diálogos; Vol. 19 N.º 2 (2018); 58-100 1409-469X 2215-3292 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/33352/33323 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/33352/33331 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/33352/33332 Derechos de autor 2018 Jorge León Sáenz
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description Navies, apart from their traditional use by nations as instruments for the projection of power, for the protection of maritime interests and for exercising peacekeeping and war activities, have also had an important role in developing scientific and technical knowledge.  The survey work undertaken by various navies since the 18th century, has in particular been of great benefit in improving and making navigation safer on high seas and coasts, through the provision of maritime charts and sailing directions, to all mariners.  The technical efforts and geopolitical interests behind those efforts in the 19th century and how they affected the maritime trade and foreign affairs of the Central American countries located on the Pacific Coast are the subject of this study.
title Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America
title_short Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America
title_full Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America
title_fullStr Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America
title_full_unstemmed Nineteenth Century Navies Role in Developing an understanding of the Pacific Coast of Central America
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