Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's Longitude comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discoveryan eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created,and the daring mariners who used it to explore,conquer,and map the world.Since its invention in ,a mariner's most prized possession has been the sextant. A navigation tool that measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon,the sextant allowed sailo