The American Practical Navigator

This is the 2012 latest edition of the finest navigation book ever written. Now available for the first time in 200 years as a paperback in print-on-demand. Including all 37 original chapters.This is the best selling boating-book ever. 1,000,000 copies sold over 200 years.Everything a navigator could possibly need to know. Updated by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency USA.Although it appears intimidating, it's actually quite readable. It happens also to be the very pinnacle of all marine navigation guides. All others refer to it and every navigator/pilot has a copy. It is on the bridge of every US Navy Ship.It is big in knowledge, physical volume and weight. ALL 37 CHAPTERS. ALL FULLY ILLUSTRATED.PART 1 - FUNDAMENTALSCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO MARINE NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 2. GEODESY AND DATUMS IN NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 3. NAUTICAL CHARTS.CHAPTER 4. NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONSPART 2 - PILOTINGCHAPTER 5. SHORT RANGE AIDS TO NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 6. COMPASSES.CHAPTER 7. DEAD RECKONING.CHAPTER 8. PILOTING.CHAPTER 9. TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS.PART 3 - ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONCHAPTER 10. RADIO WAVES.CHAPTER 11. SATELLITE NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 12. LORAN NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 13. RADAR NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 14. ELECTRONIC CHARTS.PART 4 - CELESTIAL NAVIGATIONCHAPTER 15. NAVIGATIONAL ASTRONOMY.CHAPTER 16. INSTRUMENTS FOR CELESTIAL NAVIGATION.CHAPTER 17. AZIMUTHS AND AMPLITUDES.CHAPTER 18. TIME.CHAPTER 19. THE ALMANACS.CHAPTER 20. SIGHT REDUCTION.PART 5 - NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICSCHAPTER 21. NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS.CHAPTER 22. CALCULATIONS AND CONVERSIONS.CHAPTER 23. NAVIGATIONAL ERRORS.CHAPTER 24. THE SAILINGS.PART 6 - NAVIGATIONAL SAFETYCHAPTER 25. NAVIGATION PROCESSES.CHAPTER 26. EMERGENCY NAVIGATIONCHAPTER 27. NAVIGATION REGULATIONS.CHAPTER 28. MARITIME SAFETY SYSTEMS.CHAPTER 29. HYDROGRAPHY.PART 7 - OCEANOGRAPHYCHAPTER 30. THE OCEANS.CHAPTER 31. OCEAN CURRENTS.CHAPTER 32. WAVES, BREAKERS AND SURF.CHAPTER 33. ICE NAVIGATION.PART 8 - MARINE METEOROLOGYCHAPTER 34. WEATHER ELEMENTS.CHAPTER 35. TROPICAL CYCLONES.CHAPTER 36. WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.CHAPTER 37. WEATHER ROUTING.