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This is the Fourteenth Edition of Dutton's Navigation & Piloting, the authoritative modern revision of Benjamin Dutton's classic manual of marine navigation, issued by the Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. First published in 1926 as Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Dutton's has long been regarded as the definitive reference for professional mariners, naval officers, and serious yachtsmen. This substantially revised edition reflects late-20th-century practice, incorporating developments in electronic and satellite navigation, including Loran-C, Omega, early GPS concepts, radar piloting, and navigational computers, while retaining comprehensive treatment of traditional piloting and celestial navigation. The volume is organized into 41 chapters, covering foundational topics such as charts, compasses, tides, currents, and dead reckoning, as well as advanced celestial methods, sight reduction, radar piloting, polar navigation, and ship weather routing. Numerous diagrams, charts, and tables appear throughout, including large technical illustrations and coverage maps. Appendices address standards of precision, mathematical rules, symbols, and the metric system, with a full index and reference material intended for both instruction and real-world application. A revised NOAA chart is reproduced on the jacket. This copy bears an institutional 'DESK COPY - For instructional use only' stamp on the endpaper and top edge of the text block, indicating use in an educational or training environment - common for naval and maritime academy copies. The book itself is Near Fine: clean, complete, and well preserved, with bright pages, only light uniform age toning, and a tight, square binding. The dust jacket is Very Good, showing moderate edge wear, light creasing, and small chips at corners and spine ends, with some surface scuffing but no major tears or losses; the ISBN remains intact on the rear panel. Overall, a strong, attractive copy of this essential maritime reference. Elbert S. 'Mack' Maloney was a respected maritime educator, author, and former U.S. Marine Corps officer, widely known for modernizing Dutton's Navigation & Piloting for contemporary navigational practice. Holding engineering degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and George Washington University, Maloney served as Director of Education for the U.S. Power Squadrons and later as Chief of Education for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. His work helped bridge traditional celestial navigation with late-20th-century electronic systems, cementing Dutton's place as the standard reference for serious navigators.
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