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how offshore navigators depended on it for their lives in wild and dangerous seas until the advent of GPS – and the sextant’s vital role in the history of exploration

his genius saw him elected FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) at 22

He had witnessed and sketched the battle from the Dutch side

Inside this book

Admiral William Brown

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