| Title |
Compass : : a story of exploration and innovation
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| Names |
Gurney, Alan.
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| Book Number |
DB128849
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| Title Status |
In Process
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| Language |
English
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| Annotation |
"A history of the compass describes its pivotal role in early shipping, relating how its development over the course of hundreds of years was marked by thousands of shipwrecks and the disastrous fates of sailors who misused it."-- Goodreads.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Audience Notes |
Contains some strong language. NLS/BPH
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| Local Subject |
Informational works
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United States - History - 973
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Engineering and Technology - 600
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Travel & Geography - 910
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| LC Subject |
Compass - History
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Nonfiction
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| Call Number |
912/.0284 ANF
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 9780393608830
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