The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma

Morpurgo unearths the stories behind the little-known key figures, Stephen Borough and John Davis, and their brilliant navigational teacher, John Dee, inventor of the 'paradoxall compass'.

Zusammenfassung

A compelling portrait of the Age of Discovery that uncovers some surprising truths about the Tudor navigators - and asks why and how these facts have been submerged for centuries.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Horatio Morpurgo, Horatio J. Morpurgo, Morpurgo Horatio J.
• Verlag: Notting Hill Editions
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781910749517
• ISBN: 978-1-910749-51-7
• Abmessung: 120 mm x 190 mm x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 250 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Essays, maritime history, General & world history, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Literary essays, General and world history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Popular History