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The Barefoot Navigator: Wayfinding with the Skills of the Ancients
Jack Lagan
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Description for The Barefoot Navigator: Wayfinding with the Skills of the Ancients
Hardcover. Here is a fascinating handbook on a navigation that relies on your 5 senses and your knowledge of the sea and the sky. In an era of GPS and radar, Jack Lagan imparts the secrets of an increasingly scarce skill, a skill that can save your life when machines fail. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, diagrams and photographs throughout. BIC Classification: TRLN; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
‘Barefoot navigation: 5,000 years in the making.' Barefoot Navigator introduces us to a unique take on navigation – using the skills of the ancients and technology-free techniques, we learn how to navigate using the sun, sea, wind and stars, and even the flight patterns of ocean birds. The first part of this absorbing book recounts a colourful history of seafarers and their navigation techniques. How did the Polynesians manage to populate an area of ocean larger than North America simply by analysing clouds,currents and wind direction? How did the Vikings routinely travel on the notorious stretches ... Read more
‘Barefoot navigation: 5,000 years in the making.' Barefoot Navigator introduces us to a unique take on navigation – using the skills of the ancients and technology-free techniques, we learn how to navigate using the sun, sea, wind and stars, and even the flight patterns of ocean birds. The first part of this absorbing book recounts a colourful history of seafarers and their navigation techniques. How did the Polynesians manage to populate an area of ocean larger than North America simply by analysing clouds,currents and wind direction? How did the Vikings routinely travel on the notorious stretches ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472944771
SKU
V9781472944771
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jack Lagan
Jack Lagan has been sailing since the 1960s on everything from 14ft dinghies to 30m Baltic Traders, all around the world. When not living aboard, fitting navigation systems and helping with yacht deliveries, he is a writer and documentary film-maker.
Reviews for The Barefoot Navigator: Wayfinding with the Skills of the Ancients
A fun journey, one which every armchair mariner should take.
BBC Countryfile
Blending history with practical advice for applying ancient survival techniques to modern lives. A cracking second edition of a classic.
Coast (Book of the Month)
A unique take on navigation... fascinating history and useful advice.
All at Sea
BBC Countryfile
Blending history with practical advice for applying ancient survival techniques to modern lives. A cracking second edition of a classic.
Coast (Book of the Month)
A unique take on navigation... fascinating history and useful advice.
All at Sea