Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale Hardcover - 2007
by Malone, Peter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufortdeveloped a scale to give sailors a common language for describingthe wind. From 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), stunning artwork andjaunty prose show what life at sea must have been like for a young boyserving as a midshipman in the 1800s. As William sails from Naples tothe Caribbean, we learn intriguing historical information and nauticalterminology, and witness how the wind affected day-to-day life ona ship. Detailed illustrationsshow the wind at work, andreaders will be engrossed andfascinated as they watch thestorm develop in magnificentfull-color paintings.
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- Title Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale
- Author Malone, Peter
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Putnam Publishing Group
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0399243992I3N00
- ISBN 9780399243998 / 0399243992
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 11.06 x 0.41 in (23.47 x 28.09 x 1.04 cm)
- Ages 05 to UP years
- Grade levels K - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Beaufort scale
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005032672
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.518
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