Sextant : a voyage guided by the stars and the men who mapped the world's oceans
Barrie, David, 1953-2015
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David Barrie tells how and why the sextant was invented; how offshore navigators depended on it for their lives in wild and dangerous seas until the advent of GPS - and the sextant's vital role in the history of exploration.
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London : William Collins, 2015.
Collation:
xx, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007516582 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.45910.45 BAR
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English
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BRN:
1815167
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