1859 American Navigator Bowditch Voyage Sailing
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1859 American Navigator Bowditch Voyage Sailing Illustrated MAPS 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 Morris's work on navigation he produced his own title on the subject ‘New American Practical Navigator.’ Howes calls this the "First accurate navigator's 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.
This 1859 edition was continued by Nathaniel’s son Jonathan Bowditch with the 1867 edition becoming a U.S. Government publication with 13 illustrations and maps throughout!
Item number: #9494
Price: $350
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation; containing all the tables necessary to be used with the nautical almanac in determining the latitude, and the longitude by lunar observations...
New York: E. & G.W. Blunt, 1859.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[2], 5, [1], 7-8, [1], iv-xix, [2], 2-319, [1]; 460, [2]
13 engraved plates
Language: English
Binding: Leather
Front board attached by single rope cord
Text block broken, pg. Table I pg.14-15
Size: ~10in X 6.5in (25cm x 16.5cm)
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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 Morris's work on navigation he produced his own title on the subject ‘New American Practical Navigator.’ Howes calls this the "First accurate navigator's 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.
This 1859 edition was continued by Nathaniel’s son Jonathan Bowditch with the 1867 edition becoming a U.S. Government publication with 13 illustrations and maps throughout!
Item number: #9494
Price: $350
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation; containing all the tables necessary to be used with the nautical almanac in determining the latitude, and the longitude by lunar observations...
New York: E. & G.W. Blunt, 1859.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[2], 5, [1], 7-8, [1], iv-xix, [2], 2-319, [1]; 460, [2]
13 engraved plates
Language: English
Binding: Leather
Front board attached by single rope cord
Text block broken, pg. Table I pg.14-15
Size: ~10in X 6.5in (25cm x 16.5cm)
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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