Art of Navigation, The., 1584,
Cortés,  Martin

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Marginalia: There is marginalia on the title page and more copiously on fols. 14, 16 and 17.
Signatures: ¶[viii], A[viii] - L[iv].
Pagination: [8], 1 - 4, 7, 6 - 42, 44 - 48, 48 - 52, 54, 54 - 64, 67 - 83, [1] ff. (26=30)
Plates and Illustrative Material: There are maps, diagrams and tables throughout the text. The list which follows is only a selection:

Sig. Aviii - map of the heavens.
Sig. Bi v - diagram of a ship and lighthouse, demonstrating the curvature of the earth?
Sig. Biii r and v - diagrams of navigational equipment.
Sig. Ci v - map of the earth and its various zones.
Sig. Cv - map of longitudes.
Sig. C viii - Solar Table, plotting its position at different times of year.
Sig. E iii - Diagram of an eclipse.
Sig. Fii v - astronomical instrument.
Map of the New World inserted at H v.
Notes on Format:  
Notes on Printing: Bound into the text after Hiv is an historic map. It is unusual in that it has Europe delineated on the same sheet as the New World.