Sextant: A Voyage Guided By The Stars And Men Who Mapped World’s Oceans David Barrie William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

In The Tradition Of Dava Sobel\ S ‘Longitude’ Comes Sailing Expert David Barrie\ Compelling And Dramatic Tale Invention Discovery – An Eloquent Elegy To One Most Important Navigational Instruments Ever Created Daring Mariners Who Used It Explore Conquer Map World This Is Story Instrument That Changed History Built Around Barrie’s Own Transatlantic Passage Using Very Same Tools As Captain Cook Sextant Tells How Vital Was Invented Why Golden Age Celestial Navigation Has Now Come End From Bligh Vancouver Bougainville La Pérouse Flinders Fitzroy Barrie Recounts Fortunes Explorers Risked Their Lives Charting Pacific Well Intrepid Adventures Slocum Shackleton Worsley A Heady Mix Science Adventure Lost Technology Infused With Wonder Sublimity Cosmos Σελίδες: 368 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm