The new practical navigator : 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: also, the substance of that examination, every candidate for a commission in the Royal navy, and officer in the Honourable East India Company's service, must pass through, previous to their being appointed: this, with the sea terms, are particularly recommended to the attention of all young gentlemen designed for, or belonging to the sea. So that this book, and the nautical almanac, will be found fully sufficient for the seaman and teacher's use, and is rendered easy to any common capacity. The twelfth edition, constructed on a new plan, and illustrated with copper-plates. By John Hamilton Moore, teacher of navigation, hydrographer and chart-seller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.

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Author / Creator:Moore, John Hamilton, -1807.
Uniform title:Practical navigator and seaman's new daily assistant
Imprint:London : Printed for and sold by B. Law, in Stationers' Court; G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster Row; and the author, on Tower Hill, 1796.
Description:viii,309;[209]p.,plates : port.,maps,ill. ; 8⁰.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10242946
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Notes:The tables are unpaginated and separately signed.
With two final advertisement leaves.
First published in 1772 as 'The practical navigator and seaman's new daily assistant'.
Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-2Q⁴ 2A-3B⁴ chi².
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
English Short Title Catalog, N20366.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Item Description:The tables are unpaginated and separately signed.
With two final advertisement leaves.
First published in 1772 as 'The practical navigator and seaman's new daily assistant'.
Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-2Q⁴ 2A-3B⁴ chi².
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Physical Description:viii,309;[209]p.,plates : port.,maps,ill. ; 8⁰.
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.