[Rarebooks] FS: Portuguese Navigators

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For your consideration:
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(No. 6917 )  Rogers, Francis M.. PRECISION ASTROLABE: PORTUGUESE NAVIGATORS
AND TRANSOCEANIC AVIATION.
Lisboa: Academia Internacional da Cultura Portuguesa, 1971. First printing,
Wrappers, Octavo, xxxii, 397 pages, Black & white diagrams. Good.
      In the tradition of their great marine navigators, the Portuguese made
significant contributions in the field of air navigation in the years
1919-1927. On June 17, 1922 Portuguese aviators Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
and Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral completed the first air crossing of the
South Atlantic. Coutinho applied an artificial horizon to a normal marine
sextant, converting it from a surface instrument into one that could be used
in the air. Glossy paper covers with a few creases and minor edge rubs. One
of 1,500 copies.    $100.00
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