L’arte del navigare, con il regimento della Tramontana e del sole; e la vera regola et ossorvanza de...
L’arte del navigare, con il regimento della Tramontana e del sole; e la vera regola et ossorvanza de...
L’arte del navigare, con il regimento della Tramontana e del sole; e la vera regola et ossorvanza del flusso e reflusso dell acque sotto breve compendio ridotta, ca. 1587 / A Treatise on Navigation by Observation of the Sun and Stars
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Date
ca. 1587
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 9978
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Language
Italian
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Contents
0.45 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright
Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
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Contents
Manuscript, quarto size; 66 leaves followed by 13 leaves with additions in a different hand, 8 full-page illustrations (including one of the Southern Cross constellation), as well as 4 volvelles. Volvelles, or wheel charts, are a type of very early slide chart, they are of paper construction and feature rotating parts. The volume features a dedicat...
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Full title
L’arte del navigare, con il regimento della Tramontana e del sole; e la vera regola et ossorvanza del flusso e reflusso dell acque sotto breve compendio ridotta, ca. 1587 / A Treatise on Navigation by Observation of the Sun and Stars
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Purchased from Douglas Stewart, 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
A Treatise on Navigation by Observation of the Sun and Stars, is an unpublished, illustrated handwritten manual of navigation in the Levant as well as in the South Seas by Agostino Cesareo, ca. 1587. The work was never published, despite Papal approval, and remains only available in its various manuscript copies. It is believed that these copies...
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SAFE/MLMSS 9978
Record Identifier
16AX2xmn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AX2xmn
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1009046
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