1852 Edition of The American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation, Containing all the Tables....
New York: E. & G.W Blumt, 1852. Octavo. Very Good. Item #17965
1852 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history."
Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published his first revision of the of the navigator by J.H. Moore in 1799. Discovering more than 8000 errors, in the work of Moore, Bowditch decided to publish his own work, "The New American Practical Navigator", in 1802 and it quickly became the preeminent and most used work on celestial and maritime navigation. Bowditch's work has been updated and published every year since and is still published today.
Modern binding of full brown morocco with red title label to spine. Titling and ruling in gilt. Fold-out map to front. Binding in Fine condition. 458pp + ads. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for contemporary signature to front flyleaf. Dampstain to top edge of first few pages, affecting fold out map. Just a few other sporadic light dampstains. Sporadic foxing.
Profusely illustrated with charts and graphs.
Overall an uncommon and very nice edition of this classic and important nautical work.
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