A regiment for the sea, and other writings on navigation /
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| Author / Creator: | Bourne, William. |
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| Imprint: | Farnham, England : Ashgate, 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 464 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 121 Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 121. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11098705 |
| Summary: | William Bourne, of Gravesend, by trade a gunner, was a successful writer of a new type of textbook. Neither a scholar nor of gentle birth, both of which were regarded as the prerequisites of authorship in the 16th century, when the scientific books were expected to appear only in universities and to be read only by those fluent in Latin, Bourne nevertheless produced a whole series of technical manuals, written in English for the artisans and craftsmen of his own class. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 464 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409417262 1409417263 1409414876 9781409414872 131718694X 9781317186946 1315565137 9781315565132 1283128888 9781283128889 9786613128881 6613128880 |