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THE ART

OF NAVIGATION

IN WHICH IS TREATED THE

GOVERNANCE

of mariners, and the use of the mariner’s compass:

and the measurement of the Sun,

and of the North Star: the construction

of Ships, and their steering.

COMPOSED BY THE MASTER IN

Theology Friar original: "fray"; a member of a mendicant religious order Antonio de Guevara, Bishop of

Mondoñedo, Preacher, and Chronicler of his

Majesty: and of his Council: and of the Inqui-

sition. Dedicated to the Illustrious lord Don

Juan de Luna, lord of Fuentidueña a municipality in the province of Segovia, Spain.

Year of 1579.

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AT LYON,

BY SEBASTIAN DE HONORAT.

1579.