[Rarebooks] fs: Art of Marine Navigation

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 6900 )  Waters, D[avid]. W[atkin]. (Foreword by Mountbatten of Burma). 
THE ART OF NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND IN ELIZABETHAN AND EARLY STUART TIMES.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1958. First printing, Full cloth, Octavo, 
xl, 696 pages, black & white photos, plates, drawings. Good in an edgeworn 
dust jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      Definitive account of the transformation of navigation from empirical 
mariner's art to fundamental science. Detailed treatment of the development 
of astronomy, mathematics and hydrography as well as advances in ship 
design, piloting, channel-marking, and much more. A large, rich, and well 
researched volume which carries the story up to 1640. Much information on 
how the early colonists reached America and how they plied their subsequent 
overseas trade. Excellent bibliography, many interesting chart 
reproductions. See ALBION, p. 80. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with 
gilt lettering and blind-stamped compass rose on spine. Slight extremity 
rubs, some soiling to bottom edge of textblock. Light foxing to first few 
leaves. Hinges sound. Jacket has fading to spine and top edge of front panel 
along with edge wear consisting of rubs, wrinkles, and shallow chips. 
$125.00
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