Navigation books

On my bookshelves are more than 50 feet of books referencing celestial navigation. The collection includes everything from an 1854 crumbling version of Bowditch, to concise navigation tables used during World War II. Some of them I consult on a regular basis and others I just glance at occasionally, like Squire T.S. Lecky’s Wrinkles in Practical Navigation. The following is a list of some of the books that I have found to be very helpful over the long period that I have been a student of celestial navigation. They are not listed in any order of importance. If you have…
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