Regimiento de nauegación q[ue] mando hazer el Rei nuestro señor por orden de su Conseio Real de las Indias a Andres Garcia de Cespedes su cosmografo maior, siendo presidente en el dicho consejo el conde de Lemos.
García de Céspedes, Andrés,-1611.
Consejo de Indias (Spain)
En Madrid : En casa de Iuan de la Cuesta,
año 1606.
Theory of navigation and guide to navigation in the Spanish and Portuguese dominions of America. Part 2 treats of hydrography and includes a long final chapter (leaves 172-184) on sailing in the West Indies and from Spain to the southern tip and Pacific coast of South America. Includes also documents concerning border disputes between Spain and Portugal in America.
Engraved title page with arms and vignette of a ship.
Errata notes on leaf [1] recto.
Imprint from colophon.
In two parts. Title for part 2 is printed on leaf [115]; has woodcut coat of arms.
Errors in foliation: fol. 38 misprinted as 36, 48 as 47, 56 as 60, 81 as 61, 93 as 97.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-2G⁶ 2H⁴ (B1 missigned A1, 2E1 missigned 2D1).
Engraved map of the world using gores represent the curvature of the earth bound in between leaves 125 and 126. Other illustrations (etchings and woodcuts) include many diagrams and tables.
Navigation
Nautical astronomy
Hydrography
Navigation
Navigation
Maps
Spain Madrid.