Alan Gurney

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The compass's rocky evolution is charted with an enthusiast's passion...A fascinating adventure." Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times

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 instrumentso 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 ingenuityand the mysteries of the sea.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393608830
• Artikelnr.: 59591701

Autorenporträt

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: 16991839.