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Sailing School Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800
Author
Title
Sailing School [electronic resource] : Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 / Margaret E. Schotte.
ISBN
1421429543
9781421429540
1421429535
9781421429533
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : illustrations.
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Project MUSE - 2019 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2019 History.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 18, 2020
Series
Information cultures
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-285) and index.
Contents
Prologue. A model education
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 Southern Indian Ocean, 1789
Epilogue. Sailing by the book, ca. 1800.
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