Bibliograph

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II

Type

Label

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

Responsibility statement

Jean Lee Latham ; illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II

Summary

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."

Table Of Contents

Good-luck spell -- Privateers -- Word from the pilgrim -- "Boys don't blubber" -- Voice in the night -- "Sail by ash breeze!" -- Almanac -- "Lock, stock, and bookkeeper" -- Anchor to windward -- Freedom -- What next? -- Down to the sea -- Discovery -- Nineteen guns -- "Sail Ho-O-O-O-O!" -- Simple matter of mathematics -- Lunars and moonlight -- Astrea to the rescue -- Strange sailing orders -- Book sailing -- "Sealing is safer" -- Science and sumatra -- Captain Bowditch commanding -- Man against the fog

Target audience

juvenile

Classification