张吉平、陈世才主编的《航海学（英文版）》 deals with the essential principles of Maine Navigation: Position, Direction and Dis tance on the Earth' s surface ; Charts and Map Projections ; Chart work ; Position Fixing; Tides/Tidal Steams; Aids to Navigation; Nautical Publications; Routes and Sailings, including Ocean Naviga tion, Coastal Navigation and Navigation in other circumstances ; Vessel Traffic Management and Ship reporting systems; Passage planning; and Navigation Record keeping. Select celestial navigation ta bles may be found in the Appendices at the back of the book.

Part 1 Fundamental Knowledge

Chapter 1 Coordinates, Direction and Distance

Section 1 Shape of the Earth, Geographic Coordinates and Geodetic Datum

Section 2 Course and Bearing

Section 3 Visible Geographical Range from the Object

Section 4 Speed and Distance

Chapter 2 Nautical Chart

Section 1 Chart Projection

Section 2 Rhumb Line

Section 3 Mercator Chart

Section 4 Harbor Chart and Gnomonic Chart

Section 5 Chart Cartography

Section 6 Chart Interpretation

Section 7 Chart Category and Attentions for Using Chart

Section 8 Electronic Navigational Chart

Part 2 Ship Position Fixing

Chapter 1 Dead Reckoning

Section 1 Track Plotting （Chart Work）

Section 2 Measurement of Angle of Leeway and Drift

Section 3 Calculation of the Ship Track

Chapter 2 Position Fixing by Landmark

Section 1 Line of Position and Ship' s Line of Position

Section 2 Identification of Landmarks and the Measurement of Bearing and Distance

Section 3 Fixing by Cross Bearings

Section 4 Fixing by Distances

Section 5 Fixing by Bearing and Distance

Section 6 Running Fix

Chapter 3 Electronic Position Fixing

Section 1 The Development of Electronic Position Fixing Navigation System

Section 2 GPS Positioning

Chapter 4 Celestial Navigation

Section 1 The Celestial Sphere

Section 2 Apparent Motion

Section 3 Time

Section 4 The Marine Sextant

Section 5 Position Lines and Position Circles

Section 6 The Observed Position

Chapter 5 The Methods of Checking Compass Error

Section 1 Checking Compass Error by Using Transit Landmarks

Section 2 Checking Compass Error by Celestial Bodies

Section 3 Some Practical Examples of Calculating Compass Error at Sea

Part 3 Navigational Material

Chapter 1 Tides and Tidal Streams

Section 1 Causes of and Terms Regarding the Tides

Section 2 Chinese Tide Tables and Tide Prediction

Section 3 Admiralty Tide Tables and Tide Prediction

Section 4 Tidal Streams

Chapter 2 Aids to Navigation

Section 1 The Classification of Aids to Navigation

Section 2 IALA Maritime Buoyage System

Section 3 Chinese Buoyage System

Section 4 China List of Lights and Admiralty List of Lights and Fog Signals

Chapter 3 Navigational Publications

Section 1 Ocean Passage for the World, Routeing Charts and Admiralty Routeing Guides

Section 2 Sailing Direction and Guide to Port Entry

Section 3 Admiralty List of Radio Signals

Section 4 Distance Tables

Section 5 Catalogue of Charts and Publications

Section 6 The Mariner' s Handbook （NP100）

Section 7 Notices to Mariners

Chapter 4 Management and Amendments of Charts and Publications

Section 1 Chart Management and Amendments

Section 2 Correction and Management of Publications

Part 4 Routes and Sailings

Chapter 1 Ocean Navigation and Optimum Route

Section 1 Great Circle Route and Composite Route

Section 2 Choosing Ocean Routes and Navigation Notes

Chapter 2 Coastal Navigation

Section 1 The Characteristics of Coastal Navigation and Route Choice

Section 2 Coastal Navigation Notes

Chapter 3 Navigation in Narrow Channel and Canal

Section 1 Navigation in Narrow Channel

Section 2 Navigation in Canal

Chapter 4 Navigation in Special Circumstances

Section 1 Navigation in Fog

Section 2 Navigation in Ice Regions

Section 3 Polar Navigation

Chapter 5 Vessel Traffic Management and Ship Reporting Systems

Section 1 Vessel Traffic Management

Section 2 Ship' s Routeing

Section 3 Ship Reporting System

Chapter 6 Passage Plan and Deck Logbook

Section 1 Passage Plan

Section 2 Deck Logbook

Reference

Appendix I The Nautical Almanac 2012

Appendix Ⅱ Polaris（Pole Star）Tables 2012

Appendix III Standard Times

Appendix IV Conversion of Arc to Time

Appendix V 太阳赤纬表

Appendix VI 中国船舶报告（CHISREP）格式

Appendix VII 航海日志