The lighting colomne or sea-mirrour containing 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 ... With the discoveries of the chief countries, and on what cours and distance they lay one from another ... As also the situation of the northernly countries, as islands, the strate Davids, the isle of Ian-Mayen, Bear-Island, Old-Greenland, Spitsbergen and Nova Zembla ... Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers pilots and lovers of the famous art of navigation. By Jan van Loon. Whereunto is added a brief instruction of the art of navigation, together vvith nevv tables of the suns declination, also an almanack extending untill the yeare 1661.

Here doe follow some Starres which show themselves in the North, and therefore by some men may are caled Northstares.

The Stares of the great Coach or Wagon, very ser∣vicable and fitt for those that fayle farre towards the

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South; they come in the time here following specified un∣to their highest, the hinder wheeles come into the North to their highest after Syrius or the great Dogge 4 hour. 12 minutes the most Northern hath his declination from the Equinoctiall 63 degrees, 41 minutes, and is distant from the Pole 26 degrees, 19 minutes; the declination of the Southermost is 58 degrees, 18 minutes, it is distant from the Pole 31 degr. 42. minutes.

The Southermost of the forewheeles comes into the North to his highest right over the Pole 5 houres, 5 min. after the great Dogge is past the South; his declination 55 degr. 42. min. in the Northside of the Line, and is distant from the Pole 34 degrees, 18 minutes.

The most Northern in the fore wheele followeth 23 minut. after, and then commeth to his highest; the decli∣nation of it is 59 degrees, 1 minute, and it standeth above the Pole 30 degrees, 59 minutes.

The Horse the next to coach commeth to its highest in the North, 6 houres, 8 minutes, after the great Dogge is gone through the South; it declineth to the North 57 degrees, 57 min. is distant from the Pole 32 degr. 3 min.

The middlemost Horse comes halfe an houre after it to the highest; the declination of it is 56 degrees, 50 mi∣nutes, therefore it standeth distant from the Pole 33 degr. 10 minutes.

The uttermost Horse of the coach cometh to the hi∣ghest 7 houres, 4 minut. after Syrius is past through the South the declination of it is 51 degr. 9, minut. it is distant from the Pole 21 degr. 51 minutes.

The middlemost and brightest of the waiters declineth to the north 75 degr. 43 minut. is distant from the Pole 14 degr. 17 minutes.

NOTA.

Touching the north Starre her declination, and how it is to be used, with the watchmen is decliniated in the dif∣course following.

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The Dragons head is formed as this fi∣gure declareth, the Star most southerly is the clearest, and cometh to the highest in the north 11 houres and 5 min. after that Syrius is past the South, the declination 51 degrees 37 minut. in the north-side of the Line; stan∣deth from the Pole 38 degrees 23 minutes.

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The Image of Cassiopeia shew∣eth it self beneath the Pole in this proportion, the first Star standing in the Chaire, commeth into the north to the highest 6 houres, 36 minutes before the great Dogge, the declination of it is 57 degrees, 12 minut. to the north, and therefore 38 degrees 48 minutes.

Half an houre after followeth the Brest named Sche∣dir, the declination is 54 degrees, 36 minutes, and thus it standeth from the pole 75 degrees, 24 minutes.

Fifteen houres after that followeth the star that stan∣deth in the Hipp, in declined 58 degreet, 48 minutes, so that it standeth from the Pole 31 degr. 12 minutes.

Yet 27 minutes later followeth that which is placed in the knee, hath its declination 58 degrees, 21 minut. it is distant from the Pole 31 degrees, 39 minut.