Sextant : a young man's daring sea voyage and the men who mapped the world's oceans
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Sextant : a young man's daring sea voyage and the men who mapped the world's oceans
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The work Sextant : a young man's daring sea voyage and the men who mapped the world's oceans represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Sextant : a young man's daring sea voyage and the men who mapped the world's oceans
- Title remainder
- a young man's daring sea voyage and the men who mapped the world's oceans
- Statement of responsibility
- David Barrie
- Subject
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- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiography
- Barrie, David, 1953-
- Barrie, David, 1953- -- Travel -- Atlantic Ocean
- History
- Nautical astronomy
- Nautical astronomy -- History
- Navigation
- Navigation -- Histoire
- Atlantic Ocean
- Navigation astronomique -- Histoire
- Sextant
- Sextant
- Sextants
- Travel
- sextants
- Navigation -- History
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Chronicles the author's first transatlantic voyage, when he learned to navigate using a sextant, and traces how this indispensable navigational tool was used by daring mariners to explore and map the world
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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