Compass
Download or Read eBook Compass PDF written by Alan Gurney and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Alan Gurney |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0393050734 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780393050738 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Compass by : Alan Gurney
Book excerpt: Gurney chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the compass, an instrument so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with it had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger.
