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Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation
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Product Description
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. In this 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".
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #496285 in Books
- Published on: 2005-08-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Might do for the magnetic North what Longitude did for, well, longitude." The Times
About the Author
Alan Gurney is the author of The Race to the White Continent and Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica: 1699-1839. A yacht designer, he lives in Suffolk.
