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Viking navigation / Søren Thirslund.

Title
Viking navigation / Søren Thirslund.
Author
Thirslund, Søren, 1919-
Publication
Roskilde, [Denmark] : The Viking Ship Museum, 2007.

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Description
40 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Viking ships > Equipment and supplies
  • Navigation > North Atlantic Ocean
  • Iceland spar > Optical properties
  • Navigation > History
  • Solar compass
  • Navigation > North Atlantic Ocean > History > To 1500
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Folded map tipped in at end of book.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
How to make a sun compass -- Captain Carl V. Sølver's theory of the bearing-dial -- Dr. Curt Roslund's theory of the bearing-dial -- The investigations of the Danish Forensic Police -- Further investigations and experiments -- Position finding at sea.
ISBN
  • 9788785180384
  • 8785180386
LCCN
^^2008423233
OCLC
181142279
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library