$The seaman's tutor, explaining geometry, cosmography, and trigonometry : with requisite tables of longitude and latitude of sea-ports, traverse tables, tables of easting and westing, meridian miles, declinarions, amplitudes, refractions, use of the compass, kalendar, measure of the earth's globe, use of instruments and charts, difference of sailing, estimation of a ship's way by the log, and log-line, currents, etc. : compiled for the use of the mathematical school in Christ's hospital-London, His Majesty Charles II, his royal foundation /$

The seaman's tutor, explaining geometry, cosmography, and trigonometry : with requisite tables of longitude and latitude of sea-ports, traverse tables, tables of easting and westing, meridian miles, declinarions, amplitudes, refractions, use of the compass, kalendar, measure of the earth's globe, use of instruments and charts, difference of sailing, estimation of a ship's way by the log, and log-line, currents, etc. : compiled for the use of the mathematical school in Christ's hospital-London, His Majesty Charles II, his royal foundation /

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Author / Creator:	Perkins, P.
Imprint:	London : Printed for Obadiah Blageave ..., 1682.
Description:	1 online resource ([6], 47, [66, 112, 89, 49]-260 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Navigation -- Early works to 1800. Navigation. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11506615

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Other authors / contributors:	Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630. Perkins, Eysum.
Notes:	"Whereas Mr. P.P. ... deceased, left this tutor of navigation in great part done ... it is now finished by his brother Eysum Perkins."--Dedication. "Briggs logarithms": [66] p. "A table of artificial sines and tangents, for every degree and minute of the quadrant, fitted to the size of the logarithms. London, Printed for Robert Harford, 1679", 112 p. has special t.p. Weights and measures with the tale of several goods. London, Printed by William Godbid for Robert Harford, 1677, has special t.p. Reproduction of original in Trinity College Library, Dublin. Wing P1559 Arber's Term cat. I 507 Print version record.

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