1851 American Navigator MAPS Bowditch Voyage Sailing Illustrated Navigation
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1851 American Navigator MAPS Bowditch Voyage Sailing Illustrated Navigation
Nathaniel Bowditch shipped out in 1795 on the first of five voyages to the East Indies. He spent his time pouring over the standard navigational tables prepared by John Hamilton Moore of England. After finding over 8,000 errors in Morriss work on navigation he produced his own title on the subject New American Practical Navigator. Howes calls this the "First accurate navigators guide." This volume also includes information on navigational law, measurement, and terminology serving as an encyclopedia of navigation becoming a handbook on oceanography and meteorology and containing useful tables and a maritime glossary.
"The first complete epitome of practical navigation for the common man” -Grolier American.
Item number: #22708
Price: $599
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation containing all the tables necessary to be used with the Nautical almanac
New York: E. & G. W. Blunt, 1851.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[2], xix, [1], 319, [1], 458, [2]
Includes folding map
13 full-page engravings
References: Howes B-657
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~9.75in X 6in (24.5cm x 15cm)
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22708
Nathaniel Bowditch shipped out in 1795 on the first of five voyages to the East Indies. He spent his time pouring over the standard navigational tables prepared by John Hamilton Moore of England. After finding over 8,000 errors in Morriss work on navigation he produced his own title on the subject New American Practical Navigator. Howes calls this the "First accurate navigators guide." This volume also includes information on navigational law, measurement, and terminology serving as an encyclopedia of navigation becoming a handbook on oceanography and meteorology and containing useful tables and a maritime glossary.
"The first complete epitome of practical navigation for the common man” -Grolier American.
Item number: #22708
Price: $599
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation containing all the tables necessary to be used with the Nautical almanac
New York: E. & G. W. Blunt, 1851.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[2], xix, [1], 319, [1], 458, [2]
Includes folding map
13 full-page engravings
References: Howes B-657
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~9.75in X 6in (24.5cm x 15cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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1851 American Navigator MAPS Bowditch Voyage Sailing Illustrated Navigation
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