A midshipman’s workbook with illustrations and a Journal of a Voyage from England Towards Madeira in the Ship Britannia by John Christopher, 1842
The midshipman's workbook is a good example of the Navigation education taught in the classroom and how it is applied on an actual voyage. The following topics are covered; trigonometry, navigation, sailing on the disc, sailing on the traverse, parallel sailing, sailing, mid-latitude sailing, sailing by Mercator, determining the Latitude by observation and so on.