Chichester sun compass, The
George Allen & Unwin Ltd: London, 1944. 6.25" x 5.5" pp. 10, [1]. First edition. Includes a working "Chichester Sun Compass" tucked into an inside pocket. Blue cloth boards with black text on front cover; very good with minor smudges. Red and white dust jacket is clipped with small areas of wear along the edges and a few minor tears without loss; maintains attractive appeal. Text is clean. Very good to near fine. Item #2766 Chichester, Sir Francis Charles (1901–1972), navigator and sailor, was born on 17 September 1901 at Shirwell, Devon. [...] Chichester became the hero of the British people and achieved worldwide fame when at the age of sixty-five he sailed solo around the world between August 1966 and May 1967, a distance of 29,600 miles in 226 days. Nearly forty years earlier he had established himself as a record-breaking pilot in small aircraft, and his feats as a navigator became well known. Indeed, navigation is the link between his exploits in both spheres. He would not have claimed to be either a natural pilot or a natural sailor, and it is in the technique of navigation that he made his immediate contribution to the development of aviation and later demonstrated his capabilities at sea." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
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