John Davis, The Seamans Secrets (1595)
Date
1595
Author
Book title
The Seamans Secrets. Deuided into 2. partes, wherein is taught the three kindes of Sayling, Horizontall, Peradoxall, and sayling vpon a great Circle: also an Horizontall Tyde Table for the easie finding of the ebbing and flowing of the Tydes, with a Regiment newly calculated for the finding of the Declination of the Sunne, and many other most necessary rules and Instruments, not heeretofore set foorth by any
Publication place
London
Publisher
Thomas Dawson
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
navigation and the sea
Summary
Questions and answers with logical definitions
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
H3r-4r
Word-group
type: undifferentiated
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: NAuigation is that excellent Arte which demonstrateth by infallible conclusion, how a sufficient Ship may be conducted the shortest good way from place to place, by Corse and trauers. (a1r)
sample: NAuigation is that excellent Arte which demonstrateth by infallible conclusion, how a sufficient Ship may be conducted the shortest good way from place to place, by Corse and trauers. (a1r)
STC
6368.4
Other editions
1599: STC 6368.7;
1607: STC 6369;
1626: STC 6370;
1633: STC 6371;
1643: Wing D445;
1657: Wing D446
1607: STC 6369;
1626: STC 6370;
1633: STC 6371;
1643: Wing D445;
1657: Wing D446
Facsimiles
Davis, John. The seamans secrets (1633). Ed. A. N. Ryan. Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, vol. 475. Delmar, N.Y.: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints for the John Carter Brown Library, 1992.
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Modern editions
Davis, John. The Voyages and Works of John Davis. Ed. A. H. Markham. London: n.p., 1880.
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