Daboll's Practical Navigator
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Daboll's Practical Navigator is a historical maritime navigation manual, widely used by sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries for its practical guidance on celestial navigation and seamanship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daboll's Practical Navigator canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16358955 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daboll's Practical Navigator Context triple: [Daboll family, associatedWithWork, Daboll's Practical Navigator]
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A.
The New American Practical Navigator
The New American Practical Navigator is a seminal 19th-century maritime navigation manual that became the standard reference for sailors and navigators worldwide.
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B.
Nautical Almanac
Nautical Almanac is a historically important astronomical publication that provided navigational data enabling sailors to determine longitude at sea with greater accuracy.
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C.
General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation
General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation is a 16th-century treatise by John Dee that combines practical proposals for English naval expansion with mathematical, navigational, and imperial theory.
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D.
Celestial Navigation
Celestial Navigation is a novel by Paulette Jiles that explores complex human relationships and inner lives through lyrical, character-driven storytelling.
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E.
Muse of celestial navigation
The Muse of celestial navigation is Urania, the Greek muse who presides over astronomy and the study of the stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daboll's Practical Navigator Target entity description: Daboll's Practical Navigator is a historical maritime navigation manual, widely used by sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries for its practical guidance on celestial navigation and seamanship.
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A.
The New American Practical Navigator
The New American Practical Navigator is a seminal 19th-century maritime navigation manual that became the standard reference for sailors and navigators worldwide.
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B.
Nautical Almanac
Nautical Almanac is a historically important astronomical publication that provided navigational data enabling sailors to determine longitude at sea with greater accuracy.
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C.
General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation
General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation is a 16th-century treatise by John Dee that combines practical proposals for English naval expansion with mathematical, navigational, and imperial theory.
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D.
Celestial Navigation
Celestial Navigation is a novel by Paulette Jiles that explores complex human relationships and inner lives through lyrical, character-driven storytelling.
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E.
Muse of celestial navigation
The Muse of celestial navigation is Urania, the Greek muse who presides over astronomy and the study of the stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Daboll family