Download or read book How To Read a Nautical Chart: A Captain's Quick Guide written by Nigel Calder and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.