Sailing school : navigating science and skill, 1550-1800 / Margaret E. Schotte.
Sailing school : navigating science and skill, 1550-1800 / Margaret E. Schotte.
Sailing school : navigating science and skill, 1550-1800 / Margaret E. Schotte.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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GQ 2019/0720
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English
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Physical content
xi, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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 Souther...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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Maryland
Date Published
2019.
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Sailing school : navigating science and skill, 1550-1800 / Margaret E. Schotte.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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GQ 2019/0720
Record Identifier
74VKV5RgAMRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5RgAMRb
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ISBN
1421429543 electronic book
9781421429533 hardcover alkaline paper
1421429535 hardcover alkaline paper
9781421429540 electronic book
DDC
623.890704
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991024268455802626
