Description
Readers as of late are still enthusiastic about Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s worldSalem within 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 once too physically small. Nat will have been slight of build, but nobody guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation within the days when men sailed handiest by log, lead, and lookout.” Nat’s long hours of research and commentary, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (often referred to as the Sailors’ Bible”), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero.
Book Details:
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 5/19/2003
- Pages: 256
- Reading Level: Age 12 and Up