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Sextant

- A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans
Af: David Barrie Engelsk Paperback

Sextant

- A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans
Af: David Barrie Engelsk Paperback
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In the tradition of Dava Sobel''s ‘Longitude’ comes sailing expert David Barrie''s compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world.This is the dramatic story of an instrument that changed history. Built around David Barrie’s own transatlantic passage using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, Sextant tells how one of the most vital navigational instruments was invented and used – and why the golden age of celestial navigation has now come to an end. From Cook, Bligh and Vancouver to Bougainville, La Pérouse, Flinders and FitzRoy, Barrie recounts the fortunes of the explorers who risked their lives in charting the Pacific, as well as the intrepid adventures of Slocum, Shackleton and Worsley. A heady mix of history, science and adventure, this elegy to a lost technology is infused with the wonder of discovery and the sublimity of the cosmos.
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In the tradition of Dava Sobel''s ‘Longitude’ comes sailing expert David Barrie''s compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world.This is the dramatic story of an instrument that changed history. Built around David Barrie’s own transatlantic passage using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, Sextant tells how one of the most vital navigational instruments was invented and used – and why the golden age of celestial navigation has now come to an end. From Cook, Bligh and Vancouver to Bougainville, La Pérouse, Flinders and FitzRoy, Barrie recounts the fortunes of the explorers who risked their lives in charting the Pacific, as well as the intrepid adventures of Slocum, Shackleton and Worsley. A heady mix of history, science and adventure, this elegy to a lost technology is infused with the wonder of discovery and the sublimity of the cosmos.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780007516582
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0007516584
Kategori: Maritim historie
Udg. Dato: 4 jun 2015
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 4 jun 2015
Forfatter(e): David Barrie
Forfatter(e) David Barrie


Kategori Maritim historie


ISBN-13 9780007516582


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 368


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 199mm


Udg. Dato 4 jun 2015


Oplagsdato 4 jun 2015


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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