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Sailing school: navigating science and skill, 1550-1800

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From the water to the writing book -- Amsterdam, ca. 1600 -- "By the shortest path": developing mathematical rules -- Dieppe, 1675 -- Hands-on theory along the Thames -- London, 1683 -- Paper sailors, classroom lessons -- The Netherlands, ca. 1710 -- Lieutenant Riou is put to the test -- The Southern Indian Ocean, 1789.

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    Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

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  • 1550-1800

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    • 1421429535
    • 9781421429533

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