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Sextant: The Elegant Instrument That Guided the Great Explorers, and a Young Man's First Journey Across the Atlantic

Sextant: The Elegant Instrument That Guided the Great Explorers, and a Young Man's First Journey Across the Atlantic by David Barrie
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“In 1693 a new map of the coast of France based on an elaborate survey supervised by the astronomers Jean Picard (1620–82)”
― David Barrie, Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans – The Timeless Story of Maritime Navigation and the Wonder of Discovery

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