This fascinating and adventure-filled history of the navigation tool that measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon, allowing sailors to pinpoint their exact location at sea, chron
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's Longitude comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instr
Now in paperback: A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals―by land, sea, and sky“Just astonishing . . . Our natural navigational capacities are no match
