{"product_id":"sextant-by-david-barrie-9780007516582","title":"Sextant","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Dava Sobel's \u003cem\u003eLongitude\u003c\/em\u003e, comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the dramatic story of an instrument that changed history. Built around David Barrie’s own transatlantic passage using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, \u003cem\u003eSextant\u003c\/em\u003e tells how one of the most vital navigational instruments was invented and used – and why the golden age of celestial navigation has now come to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Cook, Bligh, and Vancouver to Bougainville, La Pérouse, Flinders, and FitzRoy, Barrie recounts the fortunes of the explorers who risked their lives in charting the Pacific, as well as the intrepid adventures of Slocum, Shackleton, and Worsley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA heady mix of history, science, and adventure, this elegy to a lost technology is infused with the wonder of discovery and the sublimity of the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551647912172,"sku":"9780007516582","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780007516582.jpg?v=1750032746","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sextant-by-david-barrie-9780007516582","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}