Regimiento de nauegación q[ue] mando hazer el Rei nuestro señor por orden de su Conseio Real de las Indias a Andres Garcia de Cespedes su cosmografo maior, siendo presidente en el dicho consejo el conde de Lemos.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish |
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En Madrid :
En casa de Iuan de la Cuesta,
Año M.DCVI. [1606]
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| Item Description: | Theory of navigation and guide to navigation in the Spanish and Portuguese dominions of America. Part 2 treats of hydrography and includes a long final chapter (leaves 172-184) on sailing in the West Indies and from Spain to the southern tip and Pacific coast of South America. Includes also documents concerning border disputes between Spain and Portugal in America. Engraved title page (etching) with arms and vignette of a ship. Errata notes on leaf [1] recto. Imprint from colophon. In two parts. Title page for part 2 is printed on leaf [115]; has woodcut coat of arms. Error in foliation: leaf 38 misprinted as 36, 48 as 47, 56 as 60, 81 as 61, 93 as 97. Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-2G⁶ 2H⁴ (B1 missigned A1, 2E1 missigned 2D1). Engraved map of the world using gores represent the curvature of the earth bound in between leaves 125 and 126. Other illustrations (etchings and woodcuts) include many diagrams and tables. Head- and tail-pieces, initials. |
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| Physical Description: | [4], 184 leaves, [1] leaf of plates (map) : illustrations, coats of arms, diagrams, map ; 29 cm |
| Place of Publication: | Spain -- Madrid. |