2 edition of mariners mirrour found in the catalog.
mariners mirrour
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
Published
1966 by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in Amsterdam .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Lucas Jansz Waghenaer ; with an introduction by R.A. Skelton. |
| Series | Theatrum orbis terrarum, ser. 3 -- v. 2 |
| Contributions | Skelton, R. A. 1906-1970. |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | xi, [229] p. |
| Number of Pages | 229 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL20258640M |
Published inThe Mariners Mirrour was too late to be of use to the English during their battles with the Spanish Armada that year. It was first printed and published in Mariners mirrour book in Tide tables and sea-cards The book starts with information, charts and tide tables for map-makers and seamen, including a paper instrument with a moving inner circle for determining latitude using the angle of the stars B2v—B3r. Best Books. It was an age when organization for war was integral to social structure, when the secular aristocrat was by necessity also a warrior, and whose culture was profoundly influenced by martial ideas. The period covered has a distinctive character in military history.
The 45 large-scale coastal views of European harbours and ports are engraved by Flemish map-makers — De Bry, Hondius and Rutsinger — and one Englishman, Augustine Ryther. It is divided into two parts. Published inMariners mirrour book Mariners Mirrour was too late to be of use to the English during their battles with the Spanish Armada that year. Full title: The Mariners Mirrour, wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds, and ebs It was an age when organization for war was integral to social structure, when the secular aristocrat was by necessity also a warrior, and whose culture was profoundly influenced by martial ideas.
Mariners mirrour book was first printed and published in Leiden in Read preview Article excerpt This is the last of three nautical charts covering the Bay of Biscay coastline that were published in the first part of The Mariners Mirrour, an English translation of a Dutch atlas of sea charts. It was an age when organization for war was integral to social structure, when the secular aristocrat was by necessity also a warrior, and whose culture was profoundly influenced by martial ideas. Map-making instruments The title page, designed by Theodor de Bryhighlights the human role in measuring and shaping the earth, seas and sky.
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There are lead-lines to gauge the depth of the sea; dividers and a compass for drawing charts; astrolabes and quadrants for taking astronomical measurements. Navie; and some former services don by that mariners mirrour book Knight Sr. Part I seeks to explore the experience of war mariners mirrour book chronologically with separate chapters on, for instance, the Viking age, on the wars and expansion of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, on the Crusades and on the great Hundred Years War between England and France.
In both parts of the book, the overall aim has been to offer the general mariners mirrour book an impression, not just of the where and the when of great confrontations, but above all of the social experience of warfare in the middle ages, and of the impact of its demands on human resources and human endurance.
The chapters in Part II trace thematically mariners mirrour book principal developments in the art of warfare; in fortification and siege craft; in the role of armoured cavalrymen; in the employment of mercenary forces; the advent of gunpowder artillery; and of new skills in navigation and shipbuilding.
Its title, nevertheless, ends: "Heerin also may be understood the exploits lately atchived by the right Honorable the L[ord]. Consisting of sailing instructions, lunar and solar tables and a collection of nautical charts, the original two-part Dutch work, Spieghel der Zeevaerdt--the first ever printed sea atlas--was compiled by an experienced seaman and navigator by the name of Lucas Jansz Waghenaer, who lived in the fishing port of Enkhuizen.
It is divided into two parts. Full title: The Mariners Mirrour, wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds, and ebs Admiral of Engla[n]d with her Ma[jes]ties. It contains a ground-breaking collection of charts, coastal views and directions to help sailors navigate the coastlines of Western Europe, from southern Spain to northern Norway.
The atlas, Spieghel der Zeevaerdt —84was first produced in Dutch by the master sea pilot, Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, and translated into English in by the politician Anthony Ashley. Best Books.
Tide tables and sea-cards The book starts with information, charts and tide tables for map-makers and seamen, including a paper instrument with a moving inner circle for determining latitude using the angle of the stars B2v—B3r.
The period covered has a distinctive character in military history. The 45 large-scale coastal views of European harbours and ports are engraved by Flemish map-makers — De Bry, Hondius and Rutsinger — and one Englishman, Augustine Ryther. It was an age when organization for war was integral to social structure, when the secular aristocrat was by necessity also a warrior, and whose culture was profoundly influenced by martial ideas.
John Donne: microcosms and maps Rich imagery of maps and microcosms often appears in the literature of this era, especially in the poetry of John Donne — There is a blank globe in the centre, surrounded by a crowd waiting expectantly for it to be completed.
The page is filled with illustrations of instruments for map-making and sea faring, with two lively mariners standing on either side. It was first printed and published in Leiden in Map-making instruments The title page, designed by Theodor de Bryhighlights the human role in mariners mirrour book and shaping the earth, seas and sky.
A German and then a Latin translation soon followed, and it was upon the latter mariners mirrour book Sir Anthony Ashley based his translation into English. Twelve scholars, experts in their own fields, have contributed to this finely illustrated book. Read preview Article excerpt This is the last of three nautical charts covering the Bay of Biscay coastline that were published in the first part of The Mariners Mirrour, an English translation of a Dutch atlas of sea charts.
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