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The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma

Horatio J. Morpurgo

The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma

The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma

The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma

 

Morpurgo unearths the stories behind the little-known key figures, Stephen Borough and John Davis, and their brilliant navigational teacher, John Dee, inventor of the 'paradoxall compass'

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Beschrijving The Paradoxal Compass: Drake's Dilemma

A compelling portrait of the Age of Discovery that uncovers some surprising truths about the Tudor navigators - and asks why and how these facts have been submerged for centuries.

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