约翰·戴维斯 (探险家)

约翰·戴维斯（，），文艺复兴时期欧洲航海家。他曾为寻找一条西北通道而进行探险航行活动。他还发明了反向高度观测仪。观测者可以凭借此仪器不需要面对太阳即计算出纬度。

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005075120/http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/content_images/upload/Books.htm Ray Freeman and Eric Preston. John Davis 1543-1605, The Master Navigator from the Dart*, Dartmouth History Research Group Paper 33], ISBN 1-899011-24-2.
Markham, A.H. (1880) The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator*. Hakluyt Society. Descriptions of the three voyages Davis undertook to discover the Northwest Passage. (Reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-108-01150-1)