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2017

AMERICAN

PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR

AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION

ORIGINALLY BY


NATHANIEL BOWDITCH, LL.D.




Click here to download American Practical Navigator Volume 1
(110 MB)

Low Resolution- Volume 1 (28 MB)

Click here to download American Practical Navigator Volume 2  (45 MB)

Low Resolution- Volume 2 (6 MB)



Below, find and download the Parts, individual Chapters or Tables you want.
Volume 1 and Volume 2 are below.




American Practical Navigator
Volume 1


Front Matter & Title Page

Table of Contents



Part 1- Fundamentals <----download Part 1 chapters 1-6



Part 2- Piloting <----download Part 2 chapters 7-12


Part 3- Celestial Navigation <----download Part 3 chapters 13-19



Part 4- Inertial Navigation<----download Part 4 chapter 20


            Chapter 20- Introduction To Inertial Navigation



Part 5- Radio Frequency (RF) Navigation Techniques<----download Part 5 chapters 21-24

Part 6- Alternative Navigation Techniques.pdf<----download Part 6 chapters 25-26



Part 7-  Navigational Safety  <----download Part 7 chapters 27-31

Chapter 27- Navigation Processes

Chapter 28- Emergency Navigation

Chapter 29- Navigation Regulations


Chapter 30- Maritime Safety Systems

Chapter 31- Reporting


Part 8- Ice and Polar Navigation<----download Part 8 chapters 32-33

Chapter 33-Polar Navigation

Part 9- Oceanography <----download Part 9 chapters 34-37

Chapter 34- The Oceans

Part 10- Marine Meteorology  <----download Part 10 chapters 38-41
Chapter 38- Weather Elements

Chapter 39- Tropical Cyclones

Chapter 40- Weather Observations

Chapter 41- Weather Routing


Appendices <-----download Appendices A, B, C
Appendix A- The World Sailing Ship Routes
Appendix B- Calculations and Conversions
Appendix C- Satellite Navigation

Index of Volume 1 <-----download alphabetic index





American Practical Navigator
Volume 2


Front Matter & Title Page

Table of Contents



Part 1

Useful Tables <-------download Explanaton of Navigation Tables
Explanation of Navigation Tables



Mathematical Tables<----download Tables 1-4



Cartographic Tables<-------download all Cartographic Tables
Table 6- Meridional Parts
Table 7- Length of a Degree of Latitude and Longitude


Piloting Tables<-------download all Piloting Tables 8-18
Table 8- Conversion Table for Meters, Feet, and Fathoms
Table 9- Conversion Table for Nautical and Statute Miles

Table 10- Speed Table For Measured Mile

 

Celestial Navigation Tables<-------download all Celestial Navigation Tables 19-28


Meteorological Tables<-------download all Meteorological Tables 29-36



Part 2



Mathematics, Errors, and Conversions<-------download all Mathematics, Errors, and Conversionsl Chapters 1-6


Part 3


Appendices<--------download Appendices A, B & C
Appendix A- The World Sailing Ship Routes
Appendix B- Haversines
Appendix C- Conversion of Compass Points to Degrees




Glossaries<-----------download Glossaries
Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Glossary of Marine Navigation




Index of Volume 2<-----download alphabetic index


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