History of Science
Compass
A Story Of Exploration And Innovation
Author:
Gurney, Alan
Isbn 13:
9780393327137
ISBN: 0393327132
Pub Date:
Aug 1, 2005
Publisher:
W. W. Norton
Shipping Weight: 0.60 pounds
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A history of the compass describes its pivotal role in early shipping, relating how its development over the course of hundreds of years was marked by thousands of shipwrecks and the disastrous fates of sailors who misused it. Reprint. 17,000 first printing.
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