Mr. Blundevil his exercises : contayning eight treatises, the titles whereof are set down in the next printed page : which treatises are very necessary to be read and learned of all young gentlemen, that have not been exercised 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 wrot the said treatises, and of meere good-will doth dedicate the same young gentlemen of this realme.
| Author/creator | Blundeville, Thomas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The seventh edition corrected and somewhat enlarged / by Ro. Hartwell ... |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by William Hope at the Vnicorn neere the Royall Exchange, 1638. |
| Description | 12 unnumbered pages, 799, that is, 801 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 5 leaves of plates : illustrations, map |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248508006 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. |
| Other author/creator | Plancius, Petrus, -1622. |
| Other author/creator | Blagrave, John, -1611. |
| Other author/creator | Hartwell, Robert. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| Contents | Of arithmetick -- A briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, called sines, tangents, and secants -- A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmograpy, and specially of the spheare, representing the shape of the world -- A plaine description of Mercator his two globes -- A plaine and full description of Petrus Pancius his universall map -- A very briefe and most plaine description of Mr. Balgrave his astrolabe -- A new and necessary treatise of navigation -- A brief description of universall maps. |
| General note | Each treatise has special t.p. and those with imprints are dated 1636. |
| General note | Signatures: A-3Z⁸. |
| General note | Numerous errors in paging. |
| General note | Imperfect: cropped, with print show-through. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 3151a |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1745:18) |
| Contains title | Of arithmetick. |
| Contains title | Briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle. |
| Contains title | Plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmography. |
| Contains title | Plaine description of Mercator his two globes. |
| Contains title | Plaine and full description of Petrus Plancius his universall map. |
| Contains title | Very briefe and most plaine description of Mr. Blagrave his astrolabe. |
| Contains title | New and necessary treatise of navigation. |
| Contains title | Briefe description of universall maps. |
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