Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale
MIA KARTS BOOKS
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale
Book Details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- 1800s
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780399243998
- ISBN-10
- 0399243992
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ISBN: 0399243992
Author: Malone, Peter
Condition: Used
Serving as a midshipman in the 1800s and sailing from Naples to the Caribbean, a young boy has the experience of a lifetime as the journey is changed constantly by the strength of the winds, in an informative guide to sailing, nautical terminology, and an introduction to the wind scale developed by Francis Beaufort in 1810.
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