[PDF.97lg] The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript, Vol. 1: Facsimile (Volume 1)

The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript, Vol. 1: Facsimile (Volume 1)

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 | #2730833 in Books |  2009-06-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x1.45 x8.00l,4.70 | File type: PDF | 534 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Love it!|By smittyfan|This is truly a neat part of history packed in this first volume of a three part set. Looking forward to getting the other two volumes so as to enjoy it more! As a history buff, lover of the early age of sail, and the medieval era, finding a neat book such as this excites me! And it's in hardcover!

Mostly this is as aforementioned, the actual sc| |For Fernand Braudel, the Mediterranean . . . speaks with many voices. The resonance of that . . . can be appreciated more fully with the present exemplary publication in three volumes . . . --Jean Michel Massing, Times Literary Supplement

In the fifteenth century, a Venetian mariner, Michael of Rhodes, wrote and illustrated a text describing his experiences in the Venetian merchant and military fleets. He included a treatise on commercial mathematics and treatments of contemporary shipbuilding practices, navigation, calendrical systems, and astrological ideas. This manuscript, "lost," or at least in unknown hands for over 400 years, has never been published or translated in its entirety until now. Volu...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Book of Michael of Rhodes: A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript, Vol. 1: Facsimile (Volume 1)   |  From The MIT Press. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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