Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale

Name: Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale
Brand: Putnam
SKU: ByrdShop_0399243992
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hardcover – May 10, 2007

by Malone, Peter

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ISBN-13: 9780399243998 ISBN-10: 0399243992

Publisher

Putnam

Binding

hardcover

Published

May 10, 2007

Weight

1.0 lbs

Dimensions

28.30×1.10×23.50 cm

About this book

Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale by Malone, Peter. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780399243998.

Serving as a midshipman in the 1800s and sailing from Naples to the Caribbean, a young boy has the experience of a lifetime as the journey is changed constantly by the strength of the winds, in an informative guide to sailing, nautical terminology, and an introduction to the wind scale developed by Francis Beaufort in 1810.