Compass- A story of Exploration & Innovation
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Compass- A story of Exploration & Innovation
Author: Alan Gurney
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.
Alan Gurney is a former yacht designer, now a writer, living in Suffolk, England
He is the author of :
The Race to the White Continent
Below the Convergence: Voyages TowardAntarctica: 1699-1839.
Author: Alan Gurney
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.
Alan Gurney is a former yacht designer, now a writer, living in Suffolk, England
He is the author of :
The Race to the White Continent
Below the Convergence: Voyages TowardAntarctica: 1699-1839.
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