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Seventeenth Century Practical Mathematics: Navi...
By Paul Hughes
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This exciting Greenvill Collins biography is about seventeenth century navigation, focusing for the first time on mathematics practised at sea. This monograph argues the Restoration kings', Charles II and James II, promotion of cartography for both strategy and trade. It is...
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Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0367620448
Format: Hardcover
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200.00
Seventeenth Century Practical Mathematics: Navi...
By Paul Hughes
Edition Description
Greenvill Collins's biography, on marine navigation, is aimed at cartographers. Through Arctic shipwreck, Dutch and Spanish charts, Collins evolved a Prime Meridian through London. Kings Charles and James supported Collins's British coast survey and William its publication.
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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0367620472
Format: Paperback
Condition:
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62.93
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