Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

Description:

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."

subjects: Astronomers,  Mathematicians,  Navigation,  Juvenile fiction,  History,  Seafaring life,  Fiction

People: Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838)

Places: Salem (Mass.)

Times: 18th century