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Boats, Boffins and Bowlines: The Stories of Sailing Inventors and Innovations
Boats Boffins and Bowlines The Stories of Sailing Inventors and Innovations
Author: George Drower
Which woman made the first solo transatlantic crossing? Who saved thousands of lives with the invention of navigation lights? What is the story behind the invention of the compass? Who was Francis Beaufort and how did he come to devise the Beaufort wind scale, still used to this day? Why did William Petty invent the catamaran (in 1662)? Many of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780752460659
ISBN-10: 075246065X
Publication Date: 9/1/2011
Pages: 242
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Publisher: The History Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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