The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : being an epitome of navigation; containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude; and keeping a complete reckoning at sea: illustrated by proper rules and examples: the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe ... The first American, from the thirteenth English edition of John Hamilton Moore. Improved by the introduction of several new tables, and by large additions to the forme tables, and revised and corrected by a skilful mathematician and navigator. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which are added, some general instructions and information to merchants, masters of vessels, and others concerned in navigation, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs.
Moore, John Hamilton, d. 1807.; Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.; Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.; Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, ed.; Hill, Samuel, 1766?-1804, engraver.; Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, printer.; Biggs, Thomas, bookseller.; Moore, John Hamilton, d. 1807. Practical navigator.
1800
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The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : being an epitome of navigation; containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude; and keeping a complete reckoning at sea: illustrated by proper rules and examples: the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe ... The first American, from the thirteenth English edition of John Hamilton Moore. Improved by the introduction of several new tables, and by large additions to the forme tables, and revised and corrected by a skilful mathematician and navigator. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which are added, some general instructions and information to merchants, masters of vessels, and others concerned in navigation, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs.
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Second edition.
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Newburyport [Mass.] : Printed by Edmund M. Blunt (Proprietor) 1800. Sold by every bookseller and ship-chandler in the United States. And by Thomas Biggs, no. 85, South Front Street, Philadelphia, [1800]
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United States -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport.
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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xii,[1],14-570,[2]p., [8]leaves of plates : ill., diagrams ; 8⁰.
Note
The additions are largely the work of Nathaniel Bowditch. Cf. the preface, signed: Edmund M. Blunt. Sept. 1, 1800.
Plate facing p. 283 engraved by Samuel Hill.
Error in paging: p. 236 misnumbered 214.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [571-572].
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Plate facing p. 283 engraved by Samuel Hill.
Error in paging: p. 236 misnumbered 214.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [571-572].
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 37991
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 3896
English Short Title Catalog, W24792.
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 3896
English Short Title Catalog, W24792.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, ed.
Hill, Samuel, 1766?-1804, engraver.
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, printer.
Biggs, Thomas, bookseller.
Moore, John Hamilton, d. 1807. Practical navigator.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, ed.
Hill, Samuel, 1766?-1804, engraver.
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, printer.
Biggs, Thomas, bookseller.
Moore, John Hamilton, d. 1807. Practical navigator.
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