The cosmographical glasse conteinyng the pleasant principles of cosmographie, geographie, hydrographie, or nauigation. Compiled by VVilliam Cuningham Doctor in Physicke.

Title

The cosmographical glasse conteinyng the pleasant principles of cosmographie, geographie, hydrographie, or nauigation. Compiled by VVilliam Cuningham Doctor in Physicke.

Author

Cuningham, William, b. 1531.

Publication

Excussum [sic] Londini :: In officina Ioan. Daij typographi,

Anno. 1559.

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Cosmography -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• coat of arms
• TO THE RIGHT HONORA∣ble the Lorde Robert Duddeley, of the mooste noble Order of the Garter Knight, Maister of the Horse, to the Quenes moost excellente Maiestye: and his singuler good Lorde, and Maister. &c.
• encomia
  • Gilberti Barcklei Grimbiens. sacrae Theologiae Profess. in Speculum Cosmographicum .
  • Thomae Langlei Cantabrigiensis ad Lectorem Carmen.
  • Dystichon eiusdem.
  • Authoris .
• portrait
• THE PRAEFACE OF THE Author, setting out the dignitie, and Am∣ple vse of Cosmographie.
• THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE Cosmographicall Glasse, conteinyng the necessary Princi∣ples required in this Art: and therfore is an Isagoge, or Intro∣duction vnto the hole worke.
• THE SECONDE BOOKE OF the Cosmographicall Glasse: in which is plainly expressed the Order, and Number, of Zones, Paralleles, and Climates. Also sun∣dry waies for th'exacte findyng out of the Meridiane Line: The Longitude, & Latitude, of places: with many other preceptes, belongyng to the making of a Carte, or Mappe.
• THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE Cosmographicall Glasse: in which is vttered the making and protracture, of the Face of th'Earth, both in Cartes Perticuler, and al∣so vniuersall, with diuers necessarye thinges, incidente hereto.
• THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF the Cosmographicall Glasse, setting out such necessary principles, & rules, as are to be obserued in Hydrographie, & Nauigation.
• THE FIFTHE BOOKE OF THE COSMOGRAPHICAL GLAS, IN VVHICHE the partes of th'Earthe, perticulerlye (accordinge to the late obser∣uations of Cosmographers in oure age) are exactlye described. VVith the Longitudes and Latitudes of Regions, Pro∣uinces, Ilandes, Cities, Townes, Villages, Hilles: also the commodities of euerye Countrye, the natures of th'Inhabitauntes, Lawes, Rightes, and Cu∣stomes, with diuers other thinges coinci∣dent to the same.
  • A PERTICVLER DESCRIPTION OF Europe: VVhich in our daies conteineth Christendome and part of Turkie.
    • islands
      • OF IRLANDE.
      • OF ENGLANDE.
      • OF SCOTLANDE.
      • OF ISLANDE.
      • OF CORSICA.
      • SICILIA.
      • OF THE CHIEF Cities, & townes, in th'Ilande of Sar∣dinia.
      • OF TH'ILANDES called Maiorica, & Minoria.
      • GADIRA AN Ilande.
      • EVBOEA, AN Ilande.
      • CRETA, AN Ilande.
      • CYCLADES.
      • SPORADES Ilandes.
    • OF SPAINE.
      • GALLITIA.
      • NAVARRE.
      • CATHALONIA.
      • ARRAGONIE.
      • PORTVGALE.
      • GRANATE.
    • OF FRAVNCE.
      • NARBONAHATH▪
      • AQVITANIA.
      • CELTICA GALLIA.
      • GALLIA BELGICA.
    • GERMANYE.
      • HOLLANDE.
      • BRABANT.
      • FLAVNDERS.
      • PICARDIE.
      • LVCENBVRGE.
      • GVLICH.
      • GELDRIA.
      • CLEVIA.
      • HELVETIA.
      • ALSATIA.
      • CITIES OF BASSE Germanye.
      • CITIES, AND TOVV∣nes of hie Germanie.
    • MOSCOVIA.
    • ILLIRIA, AND Dalmatia.
      • DALMATIA.
    • ITALIE, AND LOM∣bardie.
    • A PERTICVLER DE∣scription of Grece, and firste of Macedonia.
      • MACEDONIA.
      • EPIRVS VVHOSE cheife places are
      • ACHAIA, VVHOSE chiefe places are
  • A PERTICULER DESCRPTI∣ON OF AFRICA.
    • land - Mauritania
      • OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN Tingitana or Barbarica Mauritania.
      • MAVRITANIA CAe∣sariensis.
    • IN AFRICK THE lesse.
    • NVMIDIA.
    • MARMARICA.
    • LYBIA INTERIOR.
    • MEROE.
    • QVIOLA.
    • OF CITIES OF SON∣dry Regions, in Southe Aethiopia.
    • OF THE NOTABLE Ilandes about Africke.
  • OF ASIA THE THIRDE parte of th'Earth.
    • PONTVS AND Bythinia.
    • THESE FOLOVVINGE are properly called Cities of Asia.
    • CITIES OF CARIA.
    • OF BOTH LYDIAS
    • CITIES OF LYCAO∣nia or Lycia.
    • CITIES OF GALA∣tia.
    • OF PAMPHILIA.
    • CITIES OF DORIS.
    • CAPADOCIA.
    • OF ARMENIA THE lesser.
    • CILICIA.
    • OF COLCHIS.
    • OF IBERIA.
    • ALBANIA PART of great Tertarye.
    • ARMENIA THE greater.
    • OF SYRIA, THE CITIES
    • PHAENICIA.
    • OF CVRVA, THE CISIES.
    • LAODICINA.
    • IVDEA OR PALE∣stina.
    • OF GALILAEA.
    • OF SAMARIA.
    • IVDVA.
    • IDVMAEA.
    • MESOPOTAMIA.
    • ARABIA VVHICHE IS parted in thre parts: Arabia deserta, Petrea, & Felix.
    • ASSIRIA.
    • MEDIA.
    • SVSANA.
    • PERSIA.
    • CARMANIA.
    • PARTHIA.
    • HIRCANIA.
    • MARGIANA.
    • BACTRIANA.
    • SOGDIANA.
    • SERICA.
    • ARIA AND ARIANA.
    • DRANGIANA.
    • GEGROSIA.
    • INDIA VVITH IN the riuer Ganges.
    • PRASIA.
    • COVNTRIES AND CI∣ties without Ganges in India.
    • CHATAY, A REGION.
    • MANGI, THIS CON∣teine in it. 9. kingdomes.
    • CYAMBA.
    • SOVTH INDIA.
    • MOABAR.
    • THE KINGDOME of Lac.
    • ¶OF THE ILANDES adiacent to Asia, and India, and newe Regions of this iij. part lately founde oute.
      • CYPRVS.
      • SCOTORA.
      • ORMVSA.
      • TABROBANA.
      • COO.
      • THE GREATER Iaua.
      • BORNO.
      • THE LESSER Iaua.
      • AMBICON.
      • GELILO.
      • ILANDES OF Moluck.
      • IVCATAN
      • CVBA.
      • IAMAICA.
      • VASANDREA.
  • A PERTICVLER DESCRIPTION OF suche partes of America, as are by trauaile founde out.
    • PERV VVITH THE shore towarde Spaine.
    • ILANDES ADIOY∣ning to America.
    • ¶ILANDES TOVVARD Africke, are innumerable of whiche these are founde oute.
• A PLENTIFVL TABLE CONTEYNING the principall matters of the whole worke, reduced in∣to th' ordor of th' Alphabete, for the spedier findynge of suche thinges, as you require.
• Faultes escaped in the Imprinting.
• ¶ AN EXTRACTE OF THE QVENES highnes gracious Priuiledge, & Licence.
• colophon