The sea-man's practice, : containing a fundamental problem in navigation, experimentally verified: namely, touching the compass of the earth and sea, and the quantity of a degree in our English measures. Also, an exact method or form of keeping a reckoning at sea in any kind or manner of sailing. With certain tables and other rules useful in navigation: As also in the plotting and surveying of places: The latitude of principal places in England: The finding of currents at sea, and what allowance is to be given in respect of them. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, :
Printed by W. Godbid and J. Playford, for William Fisher ... T. Passenger ... R. Boulter ... and R. Smith ...,
1680.
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| Edition: | The fourteenth edition. |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Reproduction of original in the Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6], 137, [1] pages : illustrations. |