The lightning columne, or Sea-mirrour, contaigning the sea-coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western navigation: : 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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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At Amsterdam :
Printed by Jacob en Casparus Loots-Man, booksellers upon the water, in the Loots-Man,
1678.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Attributed to Jacob Aertsz Colom. Cf. Wing (2nd edition). "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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([36], 96, 88 pages, [126] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps. |