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."
GenresBowditch, NathanielJuvenile fictionFictionMathematiciansAstronomersNavigation
251 pages, 5 editions
English edition · First published 1955 by Houghton Mifflin · ISBN 9780590455770
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Editions
5 editions
English
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch · Houghton Mifflin · 1992 · ISBN 9780590455770 This page
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch · The Well-Trained Mind Press · 2016 · ISBN 9781942968580
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch · Houghton Mifflin · 2003 · ISBN 9780618250745
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch · Houghton Mifflin · 1981 · ISBN 9780812428254
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch · Houghton Mifflin · 1955 · ISBN 9781435201422
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