Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its application to practical navigation

Made:
1809-02-12
maker:
Guillan, Archibald
Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its

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Ranges from first principles of mathematics to complex navigational calculations. Includes exercises in mathematics and sailing, details of writing a ship's log, journals of voyages from England to Madeira in May and Sept-Oct, and three ink and colour wash maps of Europe, Africa and the world.

Presumably the text/exercise book is of a studious junior officer.

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Extent:
215
23
345
Identifier:
MS/0460
Access:
Open Access