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The American Practical Navigator: "Bowditch"
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 970
EAN: 9780939837540
Edition: Illustrate
ISBN: 0939837544
Label: Paradise Cay Publications
Manufacturer: Paradise Cay Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 896
Publication Date: September 25, 2002
Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications
Studio: Paradise Cay Publications
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Editorial Review:
This is a new edition of The American Practical Navigator, "Bowditch," offered by Celestaire and Paradise Cay Publications. This new edition is the most recent update of Bowditch, the definitive work on navigation.
Nathanial Bowditch first published this encyclopedic work in 1802. During the last two centuries over 75 editions, almost 1,000,000 copies, of Bowditch have been published by the US Government. It has lived because it has combined the best technologies of each generation of navigator. This new Bicentennial Edition includes the latest advances in electronic navigation and digital charting technology. It also covers nonelectronic navigation such as celestial, plotting and dead reckoning. Bowditch contains numerous tables which have been valued for years by practicing navigators.
Bowditch is carried on the bridge of every U.S. Navy ship and should be the mainstay of any serious navigator's library. Paradise Cay and Celestaire's commercial edition of Bowditch is a complete copy of the latest Government edition.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Everything you wanted to know about navigation, but were afraid to ask.
A newfound interest in celestial navigation and all things nautical prompted me purchase this book. As far as celestial goes, the book concentrates on sight reduction by tables rather than by calculator or computer. In that respect, it's disappointing. The background chapters for navigation astronomy are pertinent to all forms of sight reduction.
I was also interested in navigational mathematics and "The Sailings". Those subjects are well represented and easy to understand.
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Rating: - Excellent book, excellent buy
Bowditch is the "bible" for nautical navigation. It's a must have for every serious mariner's library. My purchase was listed as used but "like new" and it was indeed like new. I'm very pleased with this purchase.
Rating: - The Best
The American Practical Navigator remains the best book in its field. Every sailor man should have it.
Rating: - Classic
The American Practical Navigator has been a classic since the early 1800's. This bicentennial edition not only includes traditional subjects such as tides, celestial, and terrestrial navigation, but also includes electronic navigation.
The book is a must have reference for any serious student of navigation.
Rating: - Bowditch - the most practical navigator
There is no doubt that Bowditch is the epitomy of navigational texts and the 2002 edition presents him well with the addition of some of the latest forms of navigation. Well worth the money, an invaluable reference text.
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