Название: Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Автор: Alan Gurney
Издательство: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393327132
Год: 2005
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 322
Размер: 10,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
This is the rich history of the most important navigational device of all time, the magnetic compass, born of the need for a reliable means of negotiating treacherous sea routes around the globe. Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the instrument―so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with one had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. Part history, part adventure, this book is a compelling tribute to human ingenuity―and the mysteries of the sea.