Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sales catalogue 508: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![sot 22D [ol CORTES (Martin). Breve Compendio de la Sphera y de la arte de mavegar, con nuevos instrumentos y reglas, exemplificado con muy subtiles demonstraciones. With various revolving and other geographical and astronomical dia- grams, including a full-page map of America. ‘Title-page printed in red and black. Firsr Eprrion. Folio. Magnificent copy in full red levant morocco, gilt, g. é., by Riviere, Seville, Anton Alvarez, 1551. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, OvERLEAF). £500 John Carter Brown Catalogue, 157. Sabin, 16966. A work of great rarity. The full page map of America occurs on folio 67. The work also contains notice of the discovery of Peru, the Straits of Magellan, Brazil, Rio de la Plata, Canary Islands, the Indies, etc. 1552 A.D. [10] MEDINA (Pedro de). Regimiento de Navegacion, en que se contienen las reglas, declaraciones y avisos del libro del arte de navegar. Title in Roman letter, red and black, with woodcut illustration of a ship blown by the four winds; two woodcut maps of America and Europe, various woodcut astronomical illustrations and charts in red and black; text in Gothic letter: First Eprrion. Small 4to, vellum. Seville, Juan Carnalla, 1552. (Sez InLusrraTion, Piare No. IV). £350 This book contains an abridgement of the contents of Medina’s Arte de Navegar, which was included to facilitate the studies of those who intended to become trans-Atlantic pilots; and contains all the practical instructions which were given in the previous work. Our copy contains, in facsimile, the two leaves which are usually missing at the beginning of the book, consisting of the text of Medina’s letter to the cosmographer Chaves, and the reply.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3164028x_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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