"Navigator" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pilot-house I found Mr. James, in the absence of the captain, busy steering the yacht, and in the course of our long voyage I often had opportunity to admire his abilities as a navigator. On many occasions I observed that he was very cautious in all his proceedings; that he took nothing for granted, and was only convinced of a fact when properly certified by ...
— By Water to the Columbian Exposition • Johanna S. Wisthaler
... in finding so experienced a navigator," observed the Count to the Baron, as they followed Captain Jan Dunck towards the steps at the bottom of which lay his boat. "He'll carry us as safely round the world as would have done the brave Captains Schouten and Le ...
— Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin • William H. G. Kingston
... archeologist said. He bent down to look, squinting. "Good Lord!" He leaped violently back, knocking against Dorle, the Chief Navigator. ...
— The Gun • Philip K. Dick
... of the Navigator Islands, had long followed the sea, and was well versed in the business of oyster diving and its submarine mysteries. The native Lahineese on board were immediately subordinate to him; the captain having bargained with Samoa for ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) • Herman Melville
... miles, by which, of course, I mean knots. I figured it up from a point north of Rosetta," added the navigator. ...
— Asiatic Breezes - Students on The Wing • Oliver Optic
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