The Sextant Handbook
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: February 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780070052192
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Navigation; Sailing; Ships & shipping: general interest; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Boating - General; Sailing - Navigation; Star Observation; Transportation / Navigation
First sentence: Perhaps the earliest and certainly the simplest of the ancient antecedents of the measuring instrument we today call the sextant was the latitude hook of the Polynesians.