The lighting colomne or sea-mirrour, [electronic resource] : containing the sea-coasts of the northern, eastern and western navigation; setting forth in divers necessarie sea-cards all the ports, rivers, bayes, roads. Depths and sands; very curiously placed on its due polus-heighth [sic] furnished with the discoveries of the chief countries, and on what cours and distance they ley one from another: ... whereunto is added a brief instruction of the art of navigation, together with new tables of the suns declination, also an almanack extending untill the yeare 1675
- Bib ID:
- 8286554
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- [Colom, Jacob Aertsz, 1599-1673]
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- Description:
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- Amsterdam : By Peter Goos, dwelling on the Texels Key, hard by the Sparrendamnar Bridge, at the signe of the golden sea-mirrour, 1668
- [46], 116, 108, [10], 120 p. : ill., maps.
- Series:
- Early English books online.
- Notes:
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- The verso of B3 has a moveable paper nightdial pasted on to the page; the verso of C4 has a moveable roundell showing the horizon and the north and south poles. The volume is interleaved with maps which correspond to the adjacent text; many of the maps are enumerated. E4 verso contains a contents list of the maps and their position in parts 1 and 2 of the volume; the index to the charts in part 3 is on the final page above the printers colophon.
- An additional map of parts of the Dutch coast is bound before page 61 of part 2.
- Part 1: Map no. 23 misbound between pages 84 and 85 before map no. 24; map no. 31 misbound before no. 30 between pages 110 and 111. Part 2: map nos. 32 and 33 misbound before first page of part 2; map no. 42 misbound between pages 50 and 51; map no. 50 misbound before page 79; map no. 53 misbound before page 93; map. 54 misnumbered "3" and misbound before page 95; map no. 56 misbound before page 103. Part 3: chart no. 22 has been misbound after no. 23.
- Imperfect: tightly bound with some loss of text.
- Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland.
- Cited In:
- Wing (2nd ed.) C5403cA
- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2719:7)
- Subject:
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- Nautical charts -- Early works to 1800
- Navigation -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
- Navigation -- Terminology -- Early works to 1800
- Ocean travel -- Early works to 1800
- Astronomical instruments -- Early works to 1800
- Cosmography -- Early works to 1800
- Almanacs -- Early works to 1800
- Trade routes -- Early works to 1800
- Pilot guides -- Early works to 1800
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1673
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1668
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