The lightning columne, or Sea-mirrour, contaigning the sea-coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western navigation: : setting forth in divers necessarie sea-cards all the ports, rivers, bayes, roads, depths and sands; very curiously placed on its due polus-height furnished. With the discoueries of the chief countries, and on what cours and distance they lay one from another. Never theretofore so clearly laid open & here & there very diligently bettered & augmented for the use of all sea-men. As alsoo the situation of the northernly countries, as islands, the Strate Davids, the Isle of Jan-Mayen, Bears-Island, Old-Greenland, Spitsbergen & Nova Zembla: adorneth with many sea-cards & discoveries. Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers pilots and lovers of the famous art of navigation. Whereunto is added a brief instruction of the art of navigation together with new tables of the suns declination, with an new almanach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colom, Jacob Aertsz, 1599-1673.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation--Early works to 1800.

Navigation.

Atlases--Early works to 1800.

Atlases.

Almanacs--Early works to 1800.

Almanacs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 unnumbered pages, 96, 88 pages, 126 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Lightning column, or Sea-mirror, containing the sea-coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western navigation

Sea-mirrour, contaigning the sea-coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western navigation

First part of the new lightning sea columne

Second part of the new shining sea columne

Place of Publication:

At Amsterdam : Printed by Jacob en Casparus Loots-Man, booksellers upon the water, in the Loots-Man, 1678.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Attributed to Jacob Aertsz Colom. Cf. Wing (2nd edition).

"First part of the new lightning sea columne" and "Second part of the new shining sea columne" each have caption titles with separate pagination and registers.

Reproduction of original in: Boston Public Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2919:15) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition) C5403gA

OCLC:

297426087

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.