The arte of nauigation. Contayning a breife description of the spheare, vvith the partes and circles of the same: as also the making and vse of certaine instruments. Very necessarie for all sortes of sea-men to vnderstand. First written in Spanish by Martin Curtis, and translated into English by Richard Eden: and lastly corrected and augmented, with a regiment or table of declination, and diuers other necessary tables and rules of common nauigation. Calculated (this yeare 1596. being leap yeare) by I.T.

General note: A translation of: Breve compendio de la sphera y de la arte de navegar. I.T. = John Tapp. The first leaf is blank. Leaf 88 misnumbered 90. Some of the diagrams have volvelles. Signatures: A-M8. A variant issue ends, M4v: 'Finis'. Entered in Stationers' Register to T. Dawson 1 March and 'striken out' 5 April, 1596; entered to Astley 3 November, 1600. A1-3; outer edges of most leaves frayed and delicate; M3-4 damaged, slightly affecting text UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 5803 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1944. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 210:5). Ownership and custodial history: Beisly bequest, 1896 UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Modern rebind in full vellum UK-SuSCL