Nieuwe onderwijsinge op de principaelste puncten
Coignet Michiel, De Zeevaert oft Conste van ter Zee te varen + Nieuwe onderwijsinge op de principaelste puncten der Zeevaert. Very rare first edition of this important work for the navigation in the Low Countries
Type of object:
Book & Prints
Time period:
Denemarken & Belgie, Denemarken & België
Place:
Antwerp
Date:
1580
Maker / Author:
Michiel Coignet; Dutch translation from the Spanish and a early French edition, by M. Everaert
Publisher / Printer:
Editor: H. Hendricksen
Dimensions:
n/a
Material:
Woodprint on paper, restaured cover. two of the four volvelles lacking the revolving part, and one volvelle lacking a second movable section; the title-p. to the second part lacking; several leaves at the end of the second part w. closed wormholes in inner margin.
Graduation:
2 parts in 1 vol
Inscription:
none
Provenance:
Antwerp
References:
Ad Meskens Familia Universalis: Coignet, pag 76-85
Crone Library, The cataloque of books ( 1483-1850) nr 82, pag. 86
Nico Israel, Ernst Crone and Pedro de Medina’s De Zeevaert oft Conste van ter Zee te Varen in: Theatrum Orbis Librorum (brill.com)
Moerzer-Bruyns-Medina-Coignet.pdf (helmink.com)
Description
Coignet’s most important publication, was a supplement to the Dutch translation of the Pedro de Medina ‘s Arte de Navigar, by M. Everaert.
This first edition was a year later followed by a French translation which was important in the England ( only one edition). The Dutch edition appeared three more times, in 1589, 1592and 1598.
In this book the use of three transoms for the Cross-staff was for the first time described. He describes the method of Gemma Frisius and the use of the astrolabe with an extra arc for the declination
He also explained his method for the longitude problem and constructed the ‘Zeesfeer’
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