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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | 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; and Keeping a Complete Reckoning at Sea ... Exemplified in a Journal, Kept from Boston to Madeira ... Enriched with a Number of New Tables, with Original Improvements and Additions, and ... New and Important Matter. |
| Reference | VK555 .B737 1802 VLT |
| Library | University of California, San Diego |
| Collection | Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages |
| Date | 1802 |
| Publisher | Cushing & Appleton |
| Place of Publication | Salem |
| Author / Creator | Bowditch, Nathaniel |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Exploration and Discovery; Transport and Communication |
| Keywords | navigation, nautical, guide, astronomy, navy, shipping, mathematics, seafaring |
| Countries | USA; Portugal |
| Places | Madeira |
| Ports | Boston, USA |
| Additional Information | Full Title: 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; and Keeping a Complete Reckoning at Sea: Illustrated by Proper Rules and Examples: the Whole Exemplified in a Journal, Kept from Boston to Madeira, in Which All the Rules of Navigation Are Introduced: The Demonstration of the Most Useful Rules of Trigonometry: With Many Useful Problems in Mensuration, Surveying, and Gauging: And a Dictionary of Sea-terms; with the Manner of Performing the Most Common Evolutions at Sea. To Which Are Added Some General Instructions and Information to Merchant, Masters of Vessels, and Others Concerned in Navigation, Relative to Maritime Laws and Mercantile Customs. From the Best Authorities. Enriched with a Number of New Tables, with Original Improvements and Additions, and a Large Variety of New and Important Matter: also Many Thousand Errors Are Corrected, Which Have Appeared in the Best Systems of Navigation Yet Published. |
| Copyright | University of California, San Diego |
