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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810063703321

Autore

Bourne William -1583.

Titolo

A regiment for the sea : and other writings on navigation / / by William Bourne of Gravesend, a gunner, C.1535-1582 ; edited by E.G.R. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-18693-1

1-317-18694-X

1-315-56513-7

1-283-12888-8

9786613128881

1-4094-1726-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Collana

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; ; 2nd ser., no. 121

Disciplina

623.89

Soggetti

Navigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Hakluyt Society"--cover.

First published by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""COVER""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""GENERAL INTRODUCTION""; ""I. AN ALMANACKE AND PROGNOSTICATION FOR THREE YEARES...NOWE NEWLYE ADDED UNTO MY LATE RULLES OF NAVIGATION""; ""EDITOR S NOTE""; ""TEXT (EDITION OF 1571)""; ""II. A REGIMENT FOR THE SEAR(1574)""; ""EDITOR S NOTE""; ""TEXT""; ""III. A REGIMENT FOR THE SEA (1580)""; ""EDITOR'S NOTE""; ""TEXTS""; ""i. The second Address ' To the Reader'""; ""ii. The textual additions""; ""iii. 'Hydrographicall Discourse of the Passage to Cathay""

""IV. AN ALMANACKE AND PROGNOSTICATION FOR X. YEERES, 1581""""EDITOR'S NOTE""; ""TEXT""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A. 'CANON GUBERNAUTICUS', by JOHN DEE (1558)""; ""B. THE WILLS OF WILLIAM BOURNE (1573), AND DOROTHY BOURNE (1582)""; ""C. THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM BOURNE, c. 1565-1581: A BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""