"This exciting Greenvill Collins biography is about seventeenth century navigation, focusing for the first time on mathematics practised at sea. This monograph argues the Restoration kings, Charles II and James II, promotion of cartography for both strategy and trade. It is aimed at the academic, cartographic and larger market of marine enthusiasts. Through shipwreck and Arctic marooning, and Dutch and Spanish charts, Collins evolved a Prime Meridian running through Charless capital. After John Ogilbys successful Britannia, Charles set Collins surveying his kingdoms coasts, and James set John Adair surveying in Scotland. They triangulated at sea. Subsequently, Collins persuaded James to sustain his dead brothers ambition. This, the British coasts first survey took six years. After Jamess flight, and William IIIs invasion, Collins lead the royal yacht squadron for six years more, garnering funds to publish Great Britains Coasting Pilot. The Admiralty and civic institutions subsidised what became his own pilot. Collins aided Royal Society members in their investigations, and his new guide remained vital to navigators through the century following. Charless cartographic promotion bloomed the most spectacularly in the atlases of Ogilby, Collins and John Flamsteed for roads, harbours, and stars"--

Seventeenth Century Practical Mathematics (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

History

Hughes, Paul

Europe

Routledge

Seventeenth Century Practical Mathematics: Navigation by Greenvill Collins (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

The Salsbury Story: A Medical Missionary's Lifetime of Public Service

Salsbury, Clarence G.

Biographies & Memoirs

University of Arizona Press

Ec Company Law

Dine, Janet

Newey, Robert

Business

Jordans Pub

Retreat from Rostov Part One

Military

UCS Press

Retreat from Rostov Part Two

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Thirty-four Days You Wont Forget The Saga Concludes This is Part Three of Three Parts that collectively tell the story of thirty-four days in late 1941 which saw armies of Adolf Hitler defeated for the first time at Rostov in the North Caucasus. In a masterful parade of character portraits that lure and rivet reader attention, Paul Hughes pulls readers into the minds of civilians, military leaders and fighting men, war correspondents and other deftly-drawn characters on both sides of the epic battle. The 1943 Random House bestseller was World War II historical drama and soap opera on a grand scale years before the soaps took over day-time television.

Retreat from Rostov Part Three

Presents a variety of facts, stories, songs, festivals, and traditions about the days of the week from all over the world

The Days of the Week: Stories, Songs, Tarditions, Festivals, and Surprising Facts About the Days of the Week All over the World

Politics & Social Sciences

Burn, Jeffrey

Social Sciences

Garrett Educational Corp

The Three Mantras: For Removing Fear and Anxiety from your Life

Religion & Spirituality

FriesenPress

This book is a collection of original, thoughtful pieces meant to illustrate and apply Biblical Christian principles. "Divine parodies" present Christian truths in an artful and entertaining form. A parody is a humorous or satirical imitation of something else. Christian parody is a time-honored tradition. The acme of Christian parody was achieved by Erasmus in "The Praise of Folly" 500 years ago. "Holy histories" are illustrations of Gospel truth drawn from historical persons and events. They should not be confused with hagiography, which in modern times is used pejoratively of histories and biographies not considered sufficiently critical or cynical. There is much to be learned from the past, and many persons worthy of emulation. Also included is a selection of original poetry, which likewise is meant to convey Gospel principles.

Divine Parodies & Holy Histories: With Select Poems

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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