Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar (From a 15th Century Ms.

Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar (From a 15th Century Ms.
Author: James Gairdner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2017-11-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780332190792

Excerpt from Sailing Directions for the Circumnavigation of England, and for a Voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar (From a 15th Century Ms.: Edited, With an Account of the Ms. Be like and Be lile - The island of Belle Ile, between 9 and 10 miles long and 3 or 4 miles broad. This island is lofty and steep, spacious and fertile, and its deeply indented coast affords shelter and anchorage to navigators. Its name therefore is appropriate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tractatus de globis et eorum usu. A Treatise descriptive of the Globes constructed by Emery Molyneux

Tractatus de globis et eorum usu. A Treatise descriptive of the Globes constructed by Emery Molyneux
Author: Clements R. Markham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317008618

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. 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 is dated 1594. The 'Sailing Directions' are edited, with an account of the MS., by James Gairdner; with a Glossary by Edward Delmar Morgan. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1889.

Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa to the Straits of Magellan

Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa to the Straits of Magellan
Author: Clements R. Markham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317090306

The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1895.

Early Dutch and English Voyages to Spitsbergen in the Seventeenth Century

Early Dutch and English Voyages to Spitsbergen in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Basil H. Soulsby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317147219

'Early Dutch and English Voyages' translated into English, for the first time, by Basil H. Soulsby, F.S.A., of the British Museum; Segersz's text translated into English, for the first time, by J. A. J. de Villiers, of the British Museum. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Sir W. Martin Conway, F.S.A. With affidavits by English merchants and seamen relating to happenings at Spitzbergen in 1618, and two documents telling of events there in 1634-5, taken from Public Record Office, State Papers Domestic. Including a bibliography of Spitzbergen, pp. ix-xiv. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1904.

The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, with the Frigate Santa Rosalia in Company, to Easter Island in 1770-1

The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, with the Frigate Santa Rosalia in Company, to Easter Island in 1770-1
Author: Bolton Glanvill Corney
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317012453

Journals, instructions, minutes, and despatches, transcribed, translated and edited, with an extract from the 1825 journal of Lieut. George Peard, of H.M.S. Blossom. Preface by Cyprian Bridge. Includes a bibliography of 'Easter Island and the Pacific Ocean', pp. 147-58. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1908.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE CIR

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE CIR
Author: James 1828-1912 Gairdner
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781361891926

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