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Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans
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د.إ. 76.65 شامل ضريبة القيمة المضافة
باقي 2 وحدات في المخزون
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المواصفات
| الناشر | William Collins |
| رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 13 | 9780007516582 |
| رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 10 | 9780007516582 |
| الكاتب | David Barrie |
| اللغة | English |
| وصف الكتاب | In the tradition of Dava Sobel's ‘Longitude’ comes 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.This is the dramatic story of an instrument that changed history. Built around David Barrie’s own transatlantic passage using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, Sextant tells how one of the most vital navigational instruments was invented and used – and why the golden age of celestial navigation has now come to an end. From Cook, Bligh and Vancouver to Bougainville, La Pérouse, Flinders and FitzRoy, Barrie recounts the fortunes of the explorers who risked their lives in charting the Pacific, as well as the intrepid adventures of Slocum, Shackleton and Worsley. A heady mix of history, science and adventure, this elegy to a lost technology is infused with the wonder of discovery and the sublimity of the cosmos. |
| عن المؤلف | David Barrie was for many years in the Diplomatic Service, and has held many distinguished posts since then. He is a passionate and dedicated sailor and was inspired to write this book in homage to the remarkable people who brought celestial navigation to perfection, and to the generations of mariners who put the sextant to such good use in charting the world’s oceans. He lives in West London. |
| تاريخ النشر | 2015-06-04 |
| عدد الصفحات | 368 pages |
Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans
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