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Record Nr.

UNISA996395239103316

Autore

Colom Jacob Aertsz <1599-1673.>

Titolo

The lightning columne, or Sea-mirrour, contaigning the sea-coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western navigation [[electronic resource] ] : setting forth in divers necessarie sea-cards all the ports, rivers, bayes, roads, depths and sands; very curiously placed on its due polus-height furnished.  With the discoueries of the chief countries, and on what cours and distance they lay one from another.  Never theretofore so clearly laid open & here & there very diligently bettered & augmented for the use of all sea-men.  As alsoo [sic] the situation of the northernly countries, as islands, the Strate Davids, the Isle of Jan-Mayen, Bears-Island, Old-Greenland, Spitsbergen & Nova Zembla: adorneth with many sea-cards & discoveries.  Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers pilots and lovers of the famous art of navigation.  Whereunto is added a brief instruction of the art of navigation together with new tables of the suns declination, with an new almanach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

At Amsterdam, : Printed by Jacob en Casparus Loots-Man, booksellers upon the water, in the Loots-Man, 1678

Descrizione fisica

[36], 96, 88 p., [126] leaves of plates : ill., maps

Soggetti

Navigation

Atlases

Almanacs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed to Jacob Aertsz Colom.  Cf.  Wing (2nd ed.).

"First part of the new lightning sea columne" and "Second part of the new shining sea columne" each have caption titles with separate pagination and registers.

Reproduction of original in: Boston Public Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0015