1585295Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the Worlds Oceanshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/sextant-a-voyage-guided-by-the-stars-and-the-men-who-mapped-the-world-s-oceans/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/162318/03775ad0-c2e8-42cb-903e-b4ebb264b486.jpg?v=638333645657070000185205MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/With 2014 marking the tercentenary of the Longitude Act, this eloquent celebration of the sextant tells the story of this elegant instrument and explores its vital role in mans attempts to map the world.This is the story of an instrument that changed the world. In prose as crisp as the books subject, David Barrie tells how and why the sextant was invented; how offshore navigators depended on it for their lives in wild and dangerous seas until the advent of GPS and the sextants vital role in the history of exploration. Much of the book is set amidst the waves of the Pacific Ocean as explorers searched for the great southern ocean, charted the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Alaska as well as the Pacific islands. Among the protagonists are Captain James Cook, the great French navigator, La Pérouse, who built on Cooks work in the exploring the Pacific during the 1780s, but never made it home, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders the first man to circumnavigate Australia, Robert FitzRoy of the Beagle, Joshua Slocum, the redoubtable old lunarian and successful pilot of a small boat across the wild Southern Ocean and Frank Worsley of the Endurance.Their stories are interwoven with the authors account of his own transatlantic passage aboard Saecwen in 1973, using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, and the book is infused with a sense of wonder and dramatic discovery.A heady mix of adventure, science, mathematics and derring-do, Sextant is a timeless tale of sea-faring and exploration. A love letter to the sea, it is narrative history for star gazers and sailors, for everyone with a love of salty breezes and a sense of adventure. Beautifully produced, Sextant offers storytelling at its very best....1563809Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the Worlds Oceans185205https://www.gandhi.com.mx/sextant-a-voyage-guided-by-the-stars-and-the-men-who-mapped-the-world-s-oceans/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/162318/03775ad0-c2e8-42cb-903e-b4ebb264b486.jpg?v=638333645657070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780007516575_W3siaWQiOiIwZTdkYTM2Yy1hZjIzLTQyMmQtOWViOS1lOTcyYWNmNmQxZTciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIwOCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjIxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4NywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMTBUMDI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780007516575_With 2014 marking the tercentenary of the Longitude Act, this eloquent celebration of the sextant tells the story of this elegant instrument and explores its vital role in mans attempts to map the world.This is the story of an instrument that changed the world. In prose as crisp as the books subject, David Barrie tells how and why the sextant was invented; how offshore navigators depended on it for their lives in wild and dangerous seas until the advent of GPS and the sextants vital role in the history of exploration. Much of the book is set amidst the waves of the Pacific Ocean as explorers searched for the great southern ocean, charted the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Alaska as well as the Pacific islands. Among the protagonists are Captain James Cook, the great French navigator, La Pérouse, who built on Cooks work in the exploring the Pacific during the 1780s, but never made it home, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders the first man to circumnavigate Australia, Robert FitzRoy of the Beagle, Joshua Slocum, the redoubtable old lunarian and successful pilot of a small boat across the wild Southern Ocean and Frank Worsley of the Endurance.Their stories are interwoven with the authors account of his own transatlantic passage aboard Saecwen in 1973, using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, and the book is infused with a sense of wonder and dramatic discovery.A heady mix of adventure, science, mathematics and derring-do, Sextant is a timeless tale of sea-faring and exploration. A love letter to the sea, it is narrative history for star gazers and sailors, for everyone with a love of salty breezes and a sense of adventure. Beautifully produced, Sextant offers storytelling at its very best....9780007516575_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_7e4d4fc0-e4f6-34e8-b292-26df85f56dcb_9780007516575;9780007516575_9780007516575David BarrieInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-b73a5d4a-2c16-4a8b-8973-a02a42ad8b90.epub2014-02-27T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers