The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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Side 14
... developed into the quadrant and the sextant , was used to shoot the sun to determine the latitude . Even with the old - fashioned heavy brass astrolabe this could be done with a reasonable degree of accuracy , and since Mercator's ...
... developed into the quadrant and the sextant , was used to shoot the sun to determine the latitude . Even with the old - fashioned heavy brass astrolabe this could be done with a reasonable degree of accuracy , and since Mercator's ...
Side 47
... developed fast under Charles II and James II in con- sequence of grants to their courtiers . The ' round trip ' pattern of Atlantic trade - an outer passage to Guinea for slaves , a middle passage transporting them across the ocean ...
... developed fast under Charles II and James II in con- sequence of grants to their courtiers . The ' round trip ' pattern of Atlantic trade - an outer passage to Guinea for slaves , a middle passage transporting them across the ocean ...
Side 187
... developed as Nelson had foreseen . But it was only half an hour after the action began that the admiral was shot by a man in the tops of the Redoutable . * He was carried below to * See illustration facing page 193 . the cockpit where ...
... developed as Nelson had foreseen . But it was only half an hour after the action began that the admiral was shot by a man in the tops of the Redoutable . * He was carried below to * See illustration facing page 193 . the cockpit where ...
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