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    Reference 4534 (2659)
    Category Miscellaneous
    Author Bowditch, Nathaniel (Bowditch, J. Ingersoll, revised by)
    Title Bowditch's Navigator: The New American Practical Navigator
    Publishing Information New York: E. & G.W. Blunt, 1848
    Description Eighteenth New Stereotype Edition: xvi, 458 pages, 2 page adverts. Damp staining, foxing throughout. covers and pages grubby but still all very readable. 2 front end papers missing and part of rear end paper. Plate 1, frontispiece missing. Rest of plates present and as called for under directions for the binder. End papers have doodling, caluculations on them from previous owner. Full Title: Bowditch's Navigator: 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 Longitude and the Latitude by Lunar Observations, and Keeping a Complete Reckoning at Sea; illustrated by proper rules and examples; The Whole Exemplified in a Journal Kept From Boston to Madiera, in which all the rules of navigation are introduced. .....(Wikepedia " The American Practical Navigator (colloquially often referred to as Bowditch), originally written by Nathaniel Bowditch, is an encyclopedia of navigation. It serves as a valuable handbook on oceanography and meteorology, and contains useful tables and a maritime glossary. In 1867 the copyright and plates were bought by the Hydrographic Office of the United States Navy.)
    Price £50.00
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