The light of navigation. Wherein are declared and liuely pourtrayed all the coasts and hauens of the West, North and East seas. Collected partly out of the books of the principall authors which haue written of navigation (as of Lucas Iohnson Waghenaer, and divers others) ... Divided into tvvo bookes. Hereunto are added ... new tables of the declination of the sunne, according to Tycho Brahes observations, applied to the meridian of Amsterdam ... By Williem Iohnson.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The light of navigation. Wherein are declared and liuely pourtrayed all the coasts and hauens of the West, North and East seas. Collected partly out of the books of the principall authors which haue written of navigation (as of Lucas Iohnson Waghenaer, and divers others) ... Divided into tvvo bookes. Hereunto are added ... new tables of the declination of the sunne, according to Tycho Brahes observations, applied to the meridian of Amsterdam ... By Williem Iohnson.

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Title: The light of navigation. Wherein are declared and liuely pourtrayed all the coasts and hauens of the West, North and East seas. Collected partly out of the books of the principall authors which haue written of navigation (as of Lucas Iohnson Waghenaer, and divers others) ... Divided into tvvo bookes. Hereunto are added ... new tables of the declination of the sunne, according to Tycho Brahes observations, applied to the meridian of Amsterdam ... By Williem Iohnson.
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638.
Contributor: Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606.
Westmorland, Mildmay Fane,--Earl of,--1601-1666--Ownership.
Published / Created: Anno 1622.
Publication Place: At Amsterdam,
Publisher: Printed by VVilliam Iohnson, dwelling upon the VVater, by the Old Bridge, at the signed of the Golden Sundyall,
Description: Collation: 162 p., maps 1-19; 130 p., maps 20-41.
Imperfect: wormed.
Only maps no. 13 & 14 are printed as double plates, the others are included in text.
Signatures: A-D⁴ E-G⁶ H² I⁶ K² L⁴ M-Q² R⁴ S² T⁴ V² X⁸; A[a]² Bb⁴ Cc⁶ Dd-Ff² Gg⁶ Hh-Ii² Kk⁴ Ll² Mm⁶ Nn-Pp² Qq⁴ Rr² Ss⁸ Tt-Xx².
The title-leaf is that of the Dutch ed. (Licht der zee-vaert, Amsterdam 1620), with the Dutch title covered by a slip bearing the English title as above.
Extent: 2 v. in 1. illus. (incl. 41 maps; diagrs. with movable parts) 27 x 30 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Taylor 291

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Engravings
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name): Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606.
Westmorland, Mildmay Fane,--Earl of,--1601-1666--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Naval art and science--Early works to 1800.

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Citation: Phillips 5177.
STC 3112.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 3311474
Object ID (OID): 16241037