Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."

• | Author: Jean Lee Latham
• | Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• | Publication Date: May 19, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0618250743
• | ISBN-13: 9780618250745