![]() ![]() ![]() There, he discovers that many of the navigational sources used at the time contain extensive and dangerous errors. When his indenture is complete, he gets the chance to go to sea. After being granted access to a local private library, he continues to study and to master mathematics in the evenings after work. Still determined to continue his education, and compelled to work for the chandlery for nine long years, he begins to teach himself Latin. Eventually, he ends up as an indentured servant to a ship's chandler. He dreams of someday attending Cambridge's Harvard University, but is forced by economic circumstances to quit school and help his father at the coopering. Nat loves school, especially mathematics. The novel introduces readers to young Nathaniel "Nat" Bowditch, the son of a ship captain. ![]() It is an epic tale of adventure and learning. The book is a children's biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, a sailor and mathematician who published the mammoth and comprehensive reference work for seamen: The American Practical Navigator. Bowditch is a novel by Jean Lee Latham that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1956. ![]()
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