Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Revised)

Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the magnetic compass--so precious to sixteenth-century seamen...
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Author: Alan Gurney
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Language: English
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Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Revised) by Gurney, Alan

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Revised)

BD$39.71

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Revised)

BD$39.71
Author: Alan Gurney
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the magnetic compass--so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with it had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. From the time man first took to the seas until only one thousand years ago, sight and winds were the sailor's only navigational aids. It was not until the development of the compass that maps and charts could be used with any accuracy--even so, it would be hundreds of years and thousands of shipwrecks before the marvelous instrument was perfected. And its history up to modern times is filled with the stories of disasters that befell sailors who misused it. In this page-turning history of man's search for reliable navigation of treacherous sea routes around the globe, Alan Gurney brings to life the instrument Victor Hugo called "the soul of the ship."



Author: Alan Gurney
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 322
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.44w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780393327137


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 03/01/2006 pg. 38

About the Author
Gurney, Alan: - Alan Gurney was a former yacht designer and photographer. His books include Compass, The Race to the White Continent, and Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica: 1699-1839.

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