Tractatus De Globis Et Eorum Usu. A Treatise Descriptive of Globes - And Published in 1592, By Robert Hues. With Sailing Directions for

Informationen zum Autor Clements R. Markham And published in 1592 by Robert Hues With Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England an. In addition to the treatise, the volume contains Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar, from a 15th Century MS which originally appeared as Volume 79b in the series. The two sets of directions were originally bound together but separately paginated. The first contains the text of the 1638 English translation, A learned treatise of globes by John Chilmead but usually attributed to Edmund Chilmead with apparent corrections the title-page of the Latin original Zusammenfassung The text is edited, with 'Annotated Indices and an Introduction'. In addition to the treatise, the volume contains 'Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar, from a 15th Century MS' which originally appeared as Volume 79(b) in the series. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Latin Title, English Title, Table of Contents from Edition of 1594, Dedicatory Epistle to Sir Walter Raleigh, Preface, First Part Of those things which are common both to the Cœlestiall and Terrestriall Globe, Second Part, Third Part, Fourth part, Fifth Part, Index Geographicus, Biographical Index of Names, Index of Names of Stars given by Hues in his “Tractatus de Globis”, with Remarks, Index of Places Mentioned, Index to Subjects, The Molyneux Celestial Globe (after a photograph, by kind permission of the Treasurer and Benchers of the Middle Temple)

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• Authors: Clements R. Markham
• Assisted by: Clements R. Markham (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2010
• EAN: 9781409413462
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-1346-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Hakluyt Society, First Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / General, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, maritime history, General & world history, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History and Archaeology