Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans
Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans
Hearn, Chester G.
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
10/2003
288
Mole
Inglês
9780071427906
15 a 20 dias
Voyages in the early 1800s were risky endeavours. Navigation was uncertain. Chronometers were a new technology. This work captures a chapter in the history of seafaring - the mapping of the ocean by Matthew Fontaine Maury, the father of modern navigation and ocean science.
PrefaceIntroductionChapter OneThe Trackless SeasChapter TwoThe Lure of the SeaChapter Three The Education of a SailorChapter Four A Thirst for Knowledge UnheededChapter Five Setting the Navy StraightChapter SixTracking the Winds and CurrentsChapter Seven Sailors and WhalersChapter Eight The California ClippersChapter Nine Disasters and DiscoveriesChapter TenOrganizing the NationsChapter Eleven The "Indefatigable Investigator"Chapter Twelve Maury's Charts Go to WarChapter Thirteen Loaves and FishesNotesIndex
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Voyages in the early 1800s were risky endeavours. Navigation was uncertain. Chronometers were a new technology. This work captures a chapter in the history of seafaring - the mapping of the ocean by Matthew Fontaine Maury, the father of modern navigation and ocean science.
PrefaceIntroductionChapter OneThe Trackless SeasChapter TwoThe Lure of the SeaChapter Three The Education of a SailorChapter Four A Thirst for Knowledge UnheededChapter Five Setting the Navy StraightChapter SixTracking the Winds and CurrentsChapter Seven Sailors and WhalersChapter Eight The California ClippersChapter Nine Disasters and DiscoveriesChapter TenOrganizing the NationsChapter Eleven The "Indefatigable Investigator"Chapter Twelve Maury's Charts Go to WarChapter Thirteen Loaves and FishesNotesIndex
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