Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings - Book
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Part history of navigation and part hands-on project book. Includes complete history and instruction for making 18 historic navigation tools including astrolabe, cross staff, pelorus, traverse board and a vernier sextant. Clever, instructive.
Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings - Book
$21.00
Dennis Fisher's Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings is part history of navigation and part workshop guide. It explains how early navigators found their way and gives plans and instructions for building working replicas of historic instruments, such as an astrolabe, cross-staff, traverse board, pelorus and a vernier sextant.
Published by International Marine in 1995, the large-format paperback suits woodworkers, navigation teachers and sailors curious about how their instruments came to be.
Book Details
- Author: Dennis Fisher
- Pages: 164 pages
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 in.
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher/Distributor: McGraw Hill/ International Marine
- ISBN: 9780070211209