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Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans
David Barrie
Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans
David Barrie
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.
368 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 4, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780007516582 |
Publishers | HarperCollins Publishers |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 129 × 199 × 25 mm · 278 g |
Language | English |
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