Mr. Blundevil his exercises, contayning eight treatises ... which treatises are very necessary to be read and learned of all young gentlemen, that have not been excercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to have knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the art of navigation, in which art it is impossible to profit without the help of these or such like instructions : to the furtherance of which art of navigation, the said Mr. Blundevil specially wrote the said treatises ...
| Author/creator | Blundeville, Thomas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 7th ed., corr. and somewhat enl. / by Ro. Hartwell Philomathematicus. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by R. Bishop, 1636. |
| Description | 799 p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Hartwell, Robert. |
| Other author/creator | Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. |
| Other author/creator | Plancius, Petrus, 1552-1622. |
| Other author/creator | Blagrave, John, d. 1611. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Of arithmetick. [To which is added] A briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, calles sines, tangents, and secants -- A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmography, and specially of the spheare, representing the shape of the world -- A plaine description of Mercator his two globes, that is to say, of the terrestriall globe, and of the celestiall globe, and of either of them, together with the most necessary uses thereof -- A plaine and full description of Petrus Plancius his universall map, serving both for sea and land, and by him ... put forth in ... 1592 -- A very briefe and most plaine description of Mr. Blagrave his astrolabe, which he calleth the Mathematicall Iewell -- A nevv and necessary treatise of navigation, containing all the chiefe principles of that art -- A briefe description of universall maps and cards, and of their use. And also the use of Ptolomey his tables, together with the true order of making the sayd tables. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| General note | Sabin no. 6023. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG10036856-B |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| LCCN | 07006898 |
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