| 2 | | Frontispiece |
| 3 | | Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) |
| 7 | | Preface |
| 9 | | Contents |
| 13 | Part One | Fundamentals |
| 15 | Chapter I | History of Navigation |
| 62 | Chapter II | Basic Definitions |
| 69 | Chapter III | Chart Projections |
| 93 | Chapter IV | Charts and Publications |
| 103 | Chapter V | The Nautical Chart |
| 119 | Part two | Piloting and Dead Reckoning |
| 121 | Chapter VI | Instruments for Piloting and dead Reckoning |
| 158 | Chapter VII | Compass Error |
| 213 | Chapter VIII | Dead Reckoning |
| 240 | Chapter IX | Piloting |
| 287 | Part Three | Electronic Navigation |
| 289 | Chapter X | Radio Waves |
| 304 | Chapter XI | Electronics and Navigation |
| 313 | Chapter XII | Direction and Distance by Electronics |
| 333 | Chapeter XIII | Hyperbolic Systems |
| 349 | Part Four | Celestial Navigation |
| 351 | Chapter XIV | Navigational Astronomy |
| 398 | Chapter XV | Instruments for Celestial Navigation |
| 421 | Chapeter XVI | Sextant Altitude Corrections |
| 449 | Chapter XVII | Lines of Position from Celestial Observations |
| 466 | Chapter XVIII | The Almanac |
| 482 | Chapter XIX | Time |
| 502 | Chapter XX | Sight Reduction |
| 517 | Chapter XXI | Comparison of Various Methods of Sight Reduction |
| 575 | Chapter XXII | Identification of Celestial Bodies |
| 593 | Part Five | The Practice of Navigation |
| 595 | Chapter XXIII | The Practice of Marine Navigation |
| 607 | Chapter XXIV | Submarine Navigation |
| 612 | Chapter XXV | Polar Navigation |
| 645 | Chapter XXVI | Lifeboat Navigation |
| 664 | Chapter XXVII | Land Navigation |
| 671 | Chapter XXVIII | Air Navigation |
| 678 | Chapter XXIX | Navigational Errors |
| 691 | Part Six | Oceanography |
| 691 | Chapter XXX | The Oceans |
| 703 | Chapter XXXI | Tides and Tidal Currents |
| 718 | Chapter XXXII | Ocean Currents |
| 727 | Chapter XXXIII | Ocean Waves |
| 737 | Chapter XXXIV | Amphibious Operations |
| 742 | Chapter XXXV | Sound in the Sea |
| 746 | Chapter XXXVI | Ice in the Sea |
| 763 | Part Seven | Weather |
| 765 | Chapter XXXVII | Weather Observations |
| 793 | Chapter XXXVIII | Weather and Weather Forecasts |
| 819 | Chapter XXXIX | Tropical Cyclones |
| 835 | Part Eight | The Production of Charts |
| 837 | Chapter XL | Instruments for Hydrographic Surveying |
| 848 | Chapter XLI | Hydrographic Surveying |
| 868 | Chapter XLII | Oceanic Soundings |
| 874 | Chapter XLIII | Photogrammetry |
| 886 | Chapter XLIV | Production of Nautical Charts |
| 901 | Appendices | |
| 903 | Appendix A | Abbreviations and Symbols |
| 908 | Appendix B | Greek Alphabet |
| 909 | Appendix C | Glossary |
| 954 | Appendix D | Miscellaneous Data |
| 963 | Appendix E | Navigational Coordinates |
| 964 | Appendix F | Planets |
| 965 | Appendix G | Identification of Navigational Stars |
| 973 | Appendix H | Navigational Stars and the Planets |
| 974 | Appendix I | Constellations |
| 976 | Appendix J | Buoyage Systems |
| 983 | Appendix K | Chart Symbols |
| 999 | Appendix L | Units of Depth Measurement on Charts of Various Nations |
| 1000 | Appendix M | Tidal Datums in Use in Various Areas |
| 1002 | Appendix N | Sources of Charts and Publications |
| 1005 | Appendix O | Mathematics |
| 1045 | Appendix P | Interpolation |
| 1052 | Appendix Q | ork Forms |
| 1059 | Appendix R | Beaufort Scale |
| 1060 | Appendix S | Maritime Positions |
| 1129 | Appendix T | Extracts from Tide Tables |
| 1132 | Appendix U | Extracts from Tidal Current Tables |
| 1136 | Appendix V | Extracts from Nautical Almanac |
| 1152 | Appendix W | Extracts from Air Almanac |
| 1160 | Appendix X | Long-term Almanac |
| 1165 | Appendix Y | Extracts from H. O. Pub. No. 71 |
| 1168 | Appendix Z | Extracts from H. O. Pub. No. 120 |
| 1170 | Appendix AA | Extracts from H. O. Pub. No. 214 |
| 1177 | Appendix BB | Extracts from H. O. Pub. No. 221 |
| 1180 | Appendix CC | Extracts from H. O. Pub. No. 249 |
| 1183 | Tables | |
| 1185 | | Explanation of Tables |
| 1198 | Table 1 | Conversion Angle |
| 1217 | Table 2 | Conversion of Compass Points to Degrees |
| 1218 | Table 3 | Traverse Table |
| 1236 | Table 4 | Conversion Table for Meridian Parts |
| 1237 | Table 5 | Meridional Parts |
| 1246 | Table 6 | Length of a Degree of Latitude and Longitude |
| 1248 | Table 7 | Distance of an Object by Two Bearings |
| 1254 | Table 8 | distance of Horizon |
| 1255 | Table 9 | Distance of Vertical Angle |
| 1260 | Table 10 | Direction and Speed of True nd in Units of Ship's Speed |
| 1262 | Table 11 | Correction of Barometer Reading for Height Above Sea Level |
| 1262 | Table 12 | Correction of Barometer Reading for Gravity |
| 1263 | Table 13 | Correction of Barometer Reading for Temperature |
| 1264 | Table 14 | Conversion Table for Millibars, Inches of Mercury, and Millimeters of Mercury |
| 1265 | Table 15 | Conversion Table for Thermometer Scales |
| 1266 | Table 16 | Relative Humidity |
| 1268 | Table 17 | Dew Point |
| 1270 | Table 18 | Speed Table for Measured Mile |
| 1271 | Table 19 | Speed, Time, and Distance |
| 1276 | Table 20 | Conversion Table for Nautical and Statute Miles |
| 1277 | Table 21 | Conversion Table for Meters, Feet, and Fathoms |
| 1278 | Table 22 | Dip of the Sea Short of the Horizon |
| 1280 | Table 23 | Altitude Correction for Air Temperature |
| 1281 | Table 24 | Altitude Correction for Atmospheric Pressure |
| 1282 | Table 25 | Meridian Angle and Altitude of a Body on the Prime Vertical Circle |
| 1286 | Table 26 | Latitude and Longitude Factors |
| 1293 | Table 27 | Amplitudes |
| 1297 | Table 28 | Correction of Amplitude as Observed on the Visible Horizon |
| 1298 | Table 29 | Altitude Factor |
| 1308 | Table 30 | Change of Altitude in Given Time from Meridian Transit |
| 1312 | Table 31 | Natural Trigonometric Functions |
| 1357 | Table 32 | Logarithms of Numbers |
| 1376 | Table 33 | Logarithms of Trigonometric Functions |
| 1421 | Table 34 | Haversine |
| 1457 | | Index |
