Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Alan Gurney
Science, history, nautical
If you think the subject matter sounds interesting . . .
Actually, Compass is a bit better than the label would indicate. It's comprehensive, it's informative, it's detailed, and it's colloquially written. It might not appeal to readers with a low tolerance for minutiae, and it lapses once or twice into Nauticalese ("Lady Nelson . . . had lost dagger boards"). That aside, it's an agreeable read into an important and oft-overlooked piece of technology.
Dagger boards sound like something an inventive pirate rigged up to repel boarders.
ReplyDeleteArr. I only wish it were so, me hearties.
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