New American Practical Navigator. Bowditch, 1861

“This table contains the Latitudes and Longitudes of the most remarkable Harbors, Islands, Shoals, Capes, &c., founded on the latest and most accurate astronomical observations, surveys, and charts.”

This database contains 3,300 selected geographic place entries from the 1861 edition of Nathaniel Bowditch’s New American Practical Navigator. Place names are transcribed exactly as they appear in the original. Region labels have been shortened; the full original text is given in the dropdown menu below. Area labels are provided only occasionally in the original and not consistently applied; this transcription is an approximation.

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