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Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals-by land, sea, and sky
Animals plainly know where they're going, but how they get there has remained surprisingly mysterious-until now.
In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie catches us up on the cutting-edge science. Here are astounding animals of every stripe: Dung beetles that steer by the light of the Milky Way. Ants and bees that rely on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about fighter pilots. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Revised edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Why do some people have a bad sense of direction? How can you avoid getting lost? Why did early mapmakers put fake towns on their maps and why does every traffic controller in the world speak English? From finding food, water and shelter to traveling for commerce, trade and eventually exploring the world, humans have always had to find their way from one place to another. Are We There Yet? examines the evolution of how we navigate the world. Our earliest...
7) Boat
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House [distributor]
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Description
A history of the development and uses of boats, ships, and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Latitude is a gloriously exciting tale of adventure and scientific discovery that has never been told before.
Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team spent years in South America, scaling volcanoes and traversing jungles before they achieved their goal of establishing the exact shape of the...
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