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Sailing School : Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schotte, Margaret E., 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the water to the writing book
  • Amsterdam, ca. 1600
  • "By the shortest path": developing mathematical rules
  • Dieppe, 1675
  • Hands-on theory along the Thames
  • London, 1683
  • Paper sailors, classroom lessons
  • The Netherlands, ca. 1710
  • Lieutenant Riou is put to the test
  • The Southern Indian Ocean, 1789.