Simon Stevin, The Haven-finding Art (1599)
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Date
15990
Lexicon title
A declaration of the former Table or view of variations
Book title
THE HAVEN-FINDING ART, Or THE WAY TO FIND any Hauen or place at sea, by the Latitude and variation. Lately published in the Dutch, French, and Latine tongues, by commandement of the right honourable Count Mauritz of Nassau, Lord high Admiral of the vnited Prouinces of the Low countries, enioyning all Seamen that take charge of ships vnder his iurisdiction, to make diligent obseruation, in all their voyages, according to the directions prescribed herein: And now translated into English, for the common benefite of the Seamen of England
Publication place
London
Publisher
G. Bishop, R. Newberry, and R. Barker
Transcription source
EEBO/TCP
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
navigation and the sea
Summary
Four definitions
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
10-19
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: gloss
sample: The Northeasting or Northwesting increasing is that whereby the variation increaseth, the Magneticall needle being caried from the West Eastwards: and the Northeasting or the Northwesting decreasing is that whereby it decreaseth.
sample: The Northeasting or Northwesting increasing is that whereby the variation increaseth, the Magneticall needle being caried from the West Eastwards: and the Northeasting or the Northwesting decreasing is that whereby it decreaseth.
STC
23265
ESTC
S117804
