{"product_id":"sextant","title":"Sextant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the dramatic story of an instrument that changed history. Built around David Barrie's own transatlantic passage using the very same navigational tools as Captain Cook, \u003cem\u003eSextant\u003c\/em\u003e tells how one of the most vital navigational instruments was invented and used - and why the golden age of celestial navigation has now come to an end. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Cook, Bligh and Vancouver to Bougainville, La Pérouse, Flinders and FitzRoy, Barrie recounts the fortunes of the explorers who risked their lives in charting the Pacific, as well as the intrepid adventures of Slocum, Shackleton and Worsley. A heady mix of history, science and adventure, this elegy to a lost technology is infused with the wonder of discovery and the sublimity of the cosmos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e348 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN: 978-0007516582\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPER COLLINS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098363760796,"sku":"B-9780007516582","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/8759\/7212\/files\/Sextant_Front_Cover.jpg?v=1727360668","url":"https:\/\/shop.bristoldockyards.org\/products\/sextant","provider":"Bristol Dockyards Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}