Archibald Guillan's book on mathematical theory and its application to practical navigation
- Made:
- 1809-02-12
- maker:
- Guillan, Archibald
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.
Details
- Extent:
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215
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345
- Identifier:
- MS/0460
- Access:
- Open Access
- copyright:
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