To the Sea: Sagas of Survival and Tales of Epic Challenge on the Seven Seas - Couverture rigide

Meisel, Tony

 
9781579121136: To the Sea: Sagas of Survival and Tales of Epic Challenge on the Seven Seas
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1579121136 ISBN 13 : 9781579121136
Editeur : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc, 2000

Synopsis

This huge book captures on the page the fascination and allure of the deep oceans, the incredible challenge they pose and the unrelenting demands they make of man's endurance and resolve, in exciting stories illustrated by more than 360 dramatic full colour photographs, paintings, charts and drawings. DISCOVERING THE SEAS - Exploration, Adventure & Commerce - The Great Sailors - The Age of Discovery - Means of Passage - SAILORS AND BOATS - Evolution of Ship Design - Legendary Shipwrights - Anatomy of a Sailing Boat - Wooden Boat Construction - Ropes & Rigging - Deck Gear and Safety Equipment - NAVIGATING THE OCEAN - Early Instinct - Dead Reckoning - Celestial Navigation - Sextant, Compass & Chronometer - Feats of Navigation - Global Positioning Electronics - SEA AND LAND - Wind, Tide & Breakers - Breakwaters and Harbours - Cape Horn - Beacons and Lighthouses - Lightships - VOYAGES - The Origins of Voyaging - Singlehandling - Epic Challenges - Circumnavigation - Small Craft - Whalers - Rescue at Sea - RACING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS - Great Races - Extraordinary Tragedies - Crew and Equipment - Racing into the 21st Century - Raising a Spinnaker - STORMS AND DISASTERS - Hurricanes - Typhoons - Monsoons - Tsunami - Shipwrecks - Sirens & Serpents -

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Éditeur
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1579121136
ISBN 13 
9781579121136
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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