Pencil, paper and stars : the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation / Alastair Buchan.
Pencil, paper and stars : the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation / Alastair Buchan.
Pencil, paper and stars : the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation / Alastair Buchan.
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Publisher
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.
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N623.89/69
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English
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Physical content
vii, 187 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Contents
An excellent art -- Another kind of sailing -- The first navigators -- All in the mind -- Passage planning -- A home made magnetic compass -- Direction from the sun -- Direction from the stars -- Direction from the moon -- Telling the time -- Dead reckoning and estimated positions -- Coastal navigat...
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Publisher
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2008.
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Pencil, paper and stars : the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation / Alastair Buchan.
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Includes index.
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c2008.
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N623.89/69
Record Identifier
74VMQRmDpkZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQRmDpkZg
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ISBN
9780470516522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0470516526 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
623.89
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991000444569702626
