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010 _a 2006278163
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020 _a9781417728695
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020 _a1417728698
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049 _aHRSA
100 1 _aDickinson, Rachel,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003102245
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245 1 0 _aTools of navigation :
_ba kid's guide to the history & science of finding your way /
_cRachel Dickinson.
264 1 _aWhite River Junction, VT :
_bNomad Press ;
_c[2005]
264 2 _aChicago :
_b[Distributed by] Independent Publishers Group,
_c[2005]
264 4 _c©2005
300 _a156 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c26 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
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336 _acartographic image
_bcri
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 154) and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction: Navigation as Art and Science
_g1 --
_gChapter 1
_tIce Age Navigators: From the Bering Strait to the Americas
_g3 --
_gChapter 2
_tAncient Navigators: Braving the Sea Without a Compass
_g9 --
_gChapter 3
_tWorld Expands: The Age of European Exploration
_g33 --
_gChapter 4
_tLand Exploration: Jungle, Mountain, and Desert Terrain, and the Mapping of the American West
_g67 --
_gChapter 5
_tNew Age of Exploration: Navigation from Pole to Pole as the First Extreme Sport
_g85 --
_gChapter 6
_tTwentieth Century Navigation: Aeronautical Navigation and the GPS Revolution
_g105 --
_gChapter 7
_tNavigation in Action: How to Find Your Way Using Maps, Compasses, and GPS
_g119 --
_tActivities --
_tLearn the Constellations and Make a Sky Chart
_g14 --
_tMake Your Own Compass
_g36 --
_tUnderstanding Latitude
_g44 --
_tMake a Simple Astrolabe
_g52 --
_tMeasure Your Local Time
_g64 --
_tCircumnavigate the Globe
_g66 --
_tImprove Your Sense of Direction
_g72 --
_tMap the School Grounds
_g82 --
_tUsing a Road Map
_g124 --
_tMatch Contour Maps to Hill Profiles
_g132 --
_tUnderstanding Contour Lines
_g133 --
_tTraveling by Compass
_g140 --
_tWorking With a Topographic Map
_g144 --
_tGo on a Treasure Hunt
_g147 --
_tGoing on a Treasure Hunt with GPS
_g150.
520 _aDescribes the history and technology of the methods people have used to find their way on sea, land, and air, and provides 15 activities designed to improve one's navigation and orienteering skills.
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590 _aA educational book for age 9 and up (possibly also targeted at home school audience) on Navigation, which includes 15 hands on activieties tu better understand the concepts discuissed, Covers John Harrison on page 55, et cetera Goes from pre compass navigation to the GPS sytem.
650 0 _aNavigation
_xHistory
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aOrienteering
_xHistory
_vJuvenile literature.
650 1 _aNavigation
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650 1 _aOrienteering
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650 7 _aNavigation.
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650 7 _aOrienteering.
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653 3 _aHarrison sextant compass activities
653 2 _aTextbook juvenile practical how-to
653 0 _aScientific instrument
655 7 _aLiterature.
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655 7 _aHistory.
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655 7 _aJuvenile works.
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655 7 _aLiterature.
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830 0 _a"Build it yourself" series.
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