Sextant : a voyage guided by the stars and the men who mapped the worlds oceans
Barrie, David2014
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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.
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Author:
Imprint:
London William Collins 2014
Collation:
348 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some colour)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Setting sail -- First sight -- The origins of the sextant -- Bligh's boat journey -- Anson's ordeals -- The marine chronometer -- Celestial timekeeping -- Captain Cook charts the Pacific -- Bougainville in the South seas -- La Perouse vanishes -- The travails of George Vancouver -- Flinders - coasting Australia -- Finders - shipwreck and captavity -- Voyages of the Beagle -- Slocum circles the world -- Endurance -- 'These are men' -- Two landfalls
ISBN:
9780007516568 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
910.45 SEX
Local class:
910.45
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
107767
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 910.45 SEX | hbkAvailable |