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Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale
Close to the Wind The Beaufort Scale
Author: Peter Malone
In 1810, a British naval officer and surveyor named Francis Beaufort developed a scale to give sailors a common language for describing the wind. From 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), stunning artwork and jaunty prose show what life at sea must have been like for a young boy serving as a midshipman in the 1800s. As William sails from Naples to the Ca...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399243998
ISBN-10: 0399243992
Publication Date: 5/10/2007
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Book Type: Hardcover
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