Item #131537 The American Practical Navigator. Nathaniel BOWDITCH.

The American Practical Navigator

Bethesda, Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/ Topographic Center, 1995 [revised edition]/ 1958 (revised edition)/ 1802.

Quarto, xiv, 873 pages with numerous maps, tables and illustrations (6 in colour) plus 3 folding colour charts.

Textured synthetic cloth; top corners very slightly bumped; an excellent copy.

'The present volume retains the basic format of the revised 1958 version, but reorganizes the subjects, deletes obsolete text, and adds new material to keep pace with the extensive changes in navigation that have taken place in the electronic age. This edition incorporates extensive changes in organization, format and content including recent advances in navigational electronics, communications, positioning and other technologies' (Preface). Publication No. 9.

Item #131537

Price (AUD): $55.00

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