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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schotte, Margaret E., 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Navigation > Study and teaching.
Navigation > Research.
Navigation.
Navigation > Europe > Histoire.
Navigation > Étude et enseignement > Europe.
Navigation > Recherche > Europe.
Navigation > Europe > History.
Navigation > Study and teaching > Europe.
Navigation > Research > Europe.
Europe.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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