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    Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in Salem, Massachussetts, a city dominated by tall masted ships from foreign lands. Nathaniel Bowditch was too small to be a sailor, but he was a mathematical genius. When he was 12 yearls old, he was apprenticed to a ship's chandler. From that time until he turned 21, he would work from sun-up to sun-down selling things like marline-spikes, belaying pins, and hemp rope, as well as keeping the books for the chandlery.
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    After he turned 21, he went to sea. His mathematical abilities would come in handy when captains bought and sold their cargo. Nathaniel had an amazing ability to navigate; on his third voyage he navigated his ship to port in the midst of a monsoon. On his last voyage, he became a hero to all sailors, when he brought his ship into Salem Harbor in a thick fog, which had not allowed him to check his position for three days. Today, Nathaniel Bowditch is known as "the Father of Modern Navigation".
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Plot & Themes

job/profession:    -   sailor Job/profession/poverty story    -   Yes Period of greatest activity?    -   1600-1899

Subject of Biography

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   scholar Ethnicity    -   White Nationality    -   American

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   7 () United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast Water?    -   Yes Water:    -   sail boat Century:    -   19th century

Writing Style

Book makes you feel?    -   encouraged If this is a kid's book:    -   Age 14-16 How much dialogue in bio?    -   mostly dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?    -   51%-75% of book

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