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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 ... dictionary of sea terms: and the manner of performing the most useful evolutions at sea. : With an appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon, and occultations of the fixed stars ...

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 ... dictionary of sea terms: and the manner of performing the most useful evolutions at sea. : With an appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon, and occultations of the fixed stars ... / By Nathaniel Bowditch ...
Author
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.
Publication
New-York : Published by E. & G. W. Blunt, proprietors ... John Gray, printer ..., 1833.

Details

Additional Authors
Hooker, William, 1782-1856.
Description
xv, [1], 288, 298, [1], 572-618, [2] p., 12 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps, diagrs.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • The plates are engraved by William Hooker.
  • [2] pages at end contain publisher's advertisements.
Call Number
VXF (Bowditch, N. New American practical navigator. 1833)
OCLC
9778459
Author
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.
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 ... dictionary of sea terms: and the manner of performing the most useful evolutions at sea. : With an appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon, and occultations of the fixed stars ... / By Nathaniel Bowditch ...
Imprint
New-York : Published by E. & G. W. Blunt, proprietors ... John Gray, printer ..., 1833.
Edition
Seventh stereotype edition.
Local Note
Proudfit collection.
Added Author
Hooker, William, 1782-1856.
Research Call Number
VXF (Bowditch, N. New American practical navigator. 1833)
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