Errors in nauigation : 1 Error of two, or three whole points of the compas, and more somtimes, by reason of making the sea-chart after the accustomed maner ... 2 Error of one whole point, and more many times, by neglecting the variation of the compasse. 3 Error of a degree and more sometimes, in the vse of the crosse staffe ... 4 Error of 11. or 12. minures [sic] in the declination of the sunne, as it is set foorth in the regiments most commonly vsed among mariners: and consequently error of halfe a degree in the place of the sunne. 5 Error of halfe a degree, yea an whole degree and more many times in the declinations of the principall fixed starres, set forth to be obserued by mariners at sea. Detected and corrected by often and diligent obseruation. Whereto is adioyned, the right H. the Earle of Cumberland his voyage to the Azores in the yeere 1589. wherin were taken 19. Spanish and Leaguers ships, together with the towne and platforme of Fayal. By Edward Wright.
| Author/creator | Wright, Edward |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Printed at London : [By Valentine Simmes and W. White] for Ed. Agas, 1599. |
| Description | [252], 29, [3] p., [3] folded plates : ill., maps |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240950423 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Certaine errors in navigation |
| Variant title | Certaine errors in navigation. |
| Variant title | Voyage of the right Ho. George Earle of Cumberl. to the Azores. |
| Variant title | Errors in navigation. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Printers' names from STC; "White pr[inted]. pt. 2". |
| General note | Signatures: A⁴ 2-3[par.]⁴ B-C⁴ D² E-O⁴ 2A-2Q⁴; A-D⁴ (-D4) [E]¹. |
| General note | The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A". |
| General note | With a final errata leaf. |
| General note | "The voyage of the right Ho. George Earle of Cumberl. to the Azores" (caption title) is paginated and has separate register. |
| General note | A reissue, with cancel title page, of "Certaine errors in navigation". |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 26019a. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 539:1) |
| Stock number | CL0036000016 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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