Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Latham, Jean Lee; Cosgrove, John C
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Readers today are still fascinated by Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s worldSalem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by log, lead, and lookout.” Nat’s long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the Sailors’ Bible”), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.
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- Title
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- Author
- Latham, Jean Lee; Cosgrove, John C
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395137136
- ISBN 13
- 9780395137130
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1800
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