How To Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain's Quick Guide

By Nigel Calder

Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts

Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of information for those who know how to decipher them. But without a key to the symbology, a chart can be bewildering. Nigel Calder, one of today's most respected boating authors, helps you make sense complex system of signs, symbols, and graphic elements with this compact, waterproof, and nearly indestructible guide.

Title: How To Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain's Quick Guide
Author: Nigel Calder
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
Published: December 2, 2008
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9780071592871
Binding: Folding Guide
Series: Captain's Quick Guide