The New American Practical Navigator
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The New American Practical Navigator is a seminal 19th-century maritime navigation manual that became the standard reference for sailors and navigators worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New American Practical Navigator canonical | 2 |
| Bowditch’s Navigator | 1 |
| The New American Practical Navigator; Being an Epitome of Navigation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T235574 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New American Practical Navigator Context triple: [Nathaniel Bowditch, notableWork, The New American Practical Navigator]
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A.
Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division
The Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division is a unit within NOAA responsible for providing nautical charting, navigation information, and related services to support safe and efficient maritime transportation.
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B.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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C.
International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental organization that sets global standards and coordinates international cooperation for charting the world’s seas and oceans to ensure safe and efficient navigation.
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D.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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E.
The Geographer
The Geographer is a 1669–1670 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative scholar studying maps and instruments in a light-filled interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New American Practical Navigator Target entity description: The New American Practical Navigator is a seminal 19th-century maritime navigation manual that became the standard reference for sailors and navigators worldwide.
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A.
Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division
The Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division is a unit within NOAA responsible for providing nautical charting, navigation information, and related services to support safe and efficient maritime transportation.
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B.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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C.
International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental organization that sets global standards and coordinates international cooperation for charting the world’s seas and oceans to ensure safe and efficient navigation.
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D.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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E.
The Geographer
The Geographer is a 1669–1670 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative scholar studying maps and instruments in a light-filled interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime reference work
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nautical almanac ⓘ navigation manual ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nathaniel Bowditch
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surface form:
Bowditch
The New American Practical Navigator ⓘ
surface form:
Bowditch’s Navigator
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| author | Nathaniel Bowditch ⓘ |
| becameStandardFor |
United States Navy
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United States merchant marine ⓘ navigators worldwide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| genre |
reference book
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technical manual ⓘ |
| hasEdition | modern revised editions ⓘ |
| includes |
logarithmic tables
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lunar distance tables ⓘ methods for finding latitude ⓘ methods for finding longitude ⓘ rules for keeping a ship’s log ⓘ sailing directions ⓘ tide tables ⓘ trigonometric tables ⓘ |
| influenced |
international standards of marine navigation
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maritime education in the United States ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
naval officers
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professional mariners ⓘ students of navigation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| mediaType | book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
correction of errors in earlier navigation tables
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practical examples for seafaring use ⓘ systematic treatment of navigation ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The New American Practical Navigator
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The New American Practical Navigator; Being an Epitome of Navigation
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| publisher |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ⓘ
surface form:
United States Defense Mapping Agency
United States Hydrographic Office ⓘ |
| subject |
celestial navigation
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dead reckoning ⓘ marine navigation ⓘ nautical astronomy ⓘ nautical calculations ⓘ nautical tables ⓘ navigation ⓘ piloting ⓘ |
| usedBy |
mariners
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navigators ⓘ sailors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The New American Practical Navigator Description of subject: The New American Practical Navigator is a seminal 19th-century maritime navigation manual that became the standard reference for sailors and navigators worldwide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bowditch’s Navigator
The New American Practical Navigator
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originalTitle
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The New American Practical Navigator
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The New American Practical Navigator; Being an Epitome of Navigation