The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma
journeys at sea
$32.03
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2017
Summary
What motivated the 16th century explorers? The question is a vexed one the world over. To this day, a troubled folkloric status hangs about the better-known names. Many of the Tudor explorers set sail from the South West peninsula. Morpurgo, with his own deep connections to the Dorset coast, unearths the stories behind little-known key figures Stephen Borough and John Davis, and their brilliant navigational teacher, John Dee, inventor of the ‘paradoxall compass’. Morpurgo dramatises an episod…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910749517 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910749516 |
| Author: | Horatio J. Morpurgo |
| Publisher: | Notting Hill Editions |
| Imprint: | Notting Hill Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 120mm x 150mm |
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About The Author
Horatio J. Morpurgo
Horatio Morpurgo’s essays on the environment and on European affairs have appeared in many publications including Arete, PN Review, London Magazine, Quarterly Review, Resurgence and the Ecologist. He was involved in the campaign to set up the first Marine Protected Area in English waters in Lyme Bay.
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