Year: 2005 Language: english Author: Alan Gurney Genre: Handbook Publisher: WW Norton & Co Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 241 Description: This is the rich history of the most important navigational device of all time, the magnetic compass, born of the need for a reliable means of negotiating treacherous sea routes around the globe. Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the instrument-so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with one had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. Part history, part adventure, this book is a compelling tribute to human ingenuity-and the mysteries of the sea.
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Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Language: english
Author: Alan Gurney
Genre: Handbook
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 241
Description: This is the rich history of the most important navigational device of all time, the magnetic compass, born of the need for a reliable means of negotiating treacherous sea routes around the globe. Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the instrument-so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with one had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. Part history, part adventure, this book is a compelling tribute to human ingenuity-and the mysteries of the sea.
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