Certaine briefe, and speciall instructions for gentlemen, merchants, students, souldiers, marriners, &c. employed in seruices abrode, or anie way occasioned to conuerse in the kingdomes, and gouernementes of forren princes
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Certaine briefe, and speciall instructions for gentlemen, merchants, students, souldiers, marriners, &c. employed in seruices abrode, or anie way occasioned to conuerse in the kingdomes, and gouernementes of forren princes
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Meyer, Albrecht, 1528-1603.
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London :: Printed by Iohn VVoolfe,
1589.
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The third Section. Geographie, or the drawing and proportioning of the earth: wherein is to be marked. (Book 3)
1 WHether the place be ” 1.1 Mediterrane, or the part of a Continent.
2 Whether it be an Istmus, or narrow part of a countrie, where two seas do almost meete.
3 Whether it be a Penyle, and place almost inuironed with water.
4 Whether it be an Iland, little, indifferent, great, or very great.
5 Whether there be many Ilandes in number 30. as the Scottish Ilands called Orchades, 50. as the Cy∣clades in the sea Aegeum, or more, or lesse.
6 Whether it be in forme ” 1.2 trianglewise, or round, or more in length then in bredth, or what other fourme it beareth.
7 VVhether it be among many Ilandes the chiefe, or of least account.
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8 Whether it be an Ilande lying neere the continent, or farre in the sea, and remote from the lande, and how much.
9 Whether it be bordering vppon the dominion, or do∣minions of any other prince, or diuers princes.
10 Whether it be the sea shore of a countrie, or a place vp in the maine land.
11 Whether it be neere any riuer, arme of the sea, or the Ocean, and maine sea.
12 Whether it bee neere to any gulfe, hauen, creeke, or bay.
13 Whether it stand vppon a riuer, or at the mouth of a riuer.
14 Whether it be by, neere to, farre off, or in the mids of the sands, shoales, rocks, quicke sands, or shelues in the water.