Author: John SELLER (Hydrographer)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Sea-Gunner: Shewing the Practical Part of Gunnery, as it is Used at Sea ... To which is Added an Appendix, Shewing the Use of a Proportional Scale, Etc
Author: John SELLER (Hydrographer)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The sea-gunner
Author: John SellerThe Sea-gunner: Shewing the Practical Part of Gunnery, as it is Used at Sea. And, as an Introduction Thereto, There is Exhibited Two Compendiums, One of Vulgar, the Other of Decimal Arithmetick, with Necessary Tables Related to that Art. To which is Added an Appendix, Shewing the Use of a Proportional Scale, for the Ready Working of Any Question in Gunnery. And the Use of the Sea-gunners Rule, of an Excellent Contrivance; Containing an Epitome of the Art of Gunnery in it Self. Composed by Jo
Author: John SellerThe Voyage of Captain John Narbrough to the Strait of Magellan and the South Sea in his Majesty's Ship Sweepstakes, 1669-1671
Author: Richard J. CampbellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351168541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 969
Book Description
In 2009, after a public appeal, the British Library purchased a manuscript ‘Booke’, which Captain Narbrough bought in 1666 and into which he subsequently entered his journals of his voyages and correspondence relating to them. The ‘Booke’ contains his own fair copy of the journal of his voyage through the Strait of Magellan and north to Valdivia in the Sweepstakes, 1669-1671. This is published here for the first time, together with an incomplete and somewhat different copy of the journal, held in the Bodleian Library, which was made for him by a clerk after he returned to England, and which was partially published in 1694. Both versions of the journal together with previously unpublished records made by members of his company, as well as reproductions of the charts which Narbrough relied on and those he produced, are printed here. Narbrough's mission was to carry out a passenger who referred to himself as Don Carlos Enriques and who claimed to have expert knowledge of Peru and Chile, and contacts with disaffected colonists and indigenous peoples. Don Carlos's written proposals to King Charles II and his ministers, only recently discovered, are here translated from Spanish, and give a clear sense of the character, if not the real identity, of an adventurer, who gave the authorities in England, Chile and Peru totally different and changing stories about his status and the purpose of the voyage. Narbrough's conduct of the voyage has been criticized by later authors who have focussed on his inability recover four of his ship’s company from detention in Valdivia and the lack of tangible results, in the form of trade or contacts with indigenous groups. The more complete story provided here shows that Narbrough carried out his ambiguous orders to the letter. His chart of the Strait of Magellan remained the principal chart of the area for the next century. King Charles II and James, Duke of York, both recognized his abilities. He was rapidly re-employed in naval service, subsequently knighted, and rose to become a Commissioner of the Navy and Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British LibraryThe British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900: Scurati to Singing
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description