M. Blundevile his exercises containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation ... To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme.

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Title: M. Blundevile his exercises containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation ... To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme.
Author: Blundeville, Thomas, fl. 1561.
Publication: London :: Printed by Iohn Windet, dwelling at the signe of the crosse Keies, neere Paules wharffe, and are there to be solde,; 1594.
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Subject terms: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.; Plancius, Petrus, 1552-1622.; Blagrave, John, d. 1611.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.; Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800.; Early maps -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "M. Blundevile his exercises containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation ... To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16221.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.

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How to know by the Globe the Meridian altitude which is the highest altitude of any starre, and also how high or lowe he is at any other time. Proposition. 21.

HAuing set the Globe at your latitude, bring the star to the brazen Meridian, and there staying it, num∣ber vpon the brazen Meridian the degrées contay∣ned betwixt the saide Star and the South or north point of the Horizon, according as the Starre is si∣tuated either Northward or Southward, for so in the latitude 52 you shall find the Meridian or highest altitude of the Star Arctu∣rus or Bubulcus to be 60. degrées. But if you would know his altitude at any other time, then you must rectifie the index of the houre whéele by the 7. proposition, and hauing set the index at the houre wherein you séeke, stay the Globe there, vntill you haue brought the quarter of Altitude vnto the Star, and that wil shew the altitude of the Star at that houre if it be aboue the Horizon.