Author:Nathaniel Bowditch

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Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category. Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried onboard every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.

Nathaniel Bowditch

Works

• The American Practical Navigator

Works about Nathaniel Bowditch

• “Bowditch, Nathaniel” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

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  1st edition of The American Practical Navigator

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