Body: "History of naval navigation" is the field of past events regarding vessels upon the open sea.
Goals of "History of naval navigation" include understand the place of seafaring culture withing human history.
Periods, Vessels, Populations, Geography are a few categories of "History of naval navigation".
Jorge Semedo de Matos, Lorraine Boissoneault, John M. Hobson are a few specialists of "History of naval navigation".