Format:
528 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
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24 cm
ISBN:
9780674072824
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Before the bubble -- Maps in the mind -- On being lost -- Dead reckoning -- Urban myths of navigation -- Maps and compasses -- Stars -- The sun and the moon -- Where heaven meets earth -- Latitude and longitude -- Red sky at night -- Reading the waves -- Soundings and tides -- Currents and gyres -- Speed and stability of hulls -- Against the wind -- Fellow wanderers -- Baintabu's story.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Huth, John Edward, 1958 - The Lost Art of Finding Our Way Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 9780674074811
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
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Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Schiffsnavigation
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Geschichte
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