The seaman's companion, being a plain guide to the understanding of arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, navigation, and astronomy. Applied chiefly to navigation: and furnished with a table of meridional parts, to every third minute: with excellent and easie ways of keeping a reckoning at sea, never in print before. Also, a catalogue of the longitude and latitude of the principal places in the world with other useful things. The third edition corrected and amended. By Matthew Norwood, mariner

All titles

• The seaman's companion, being a plain guide to the understanding of arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, navigation, and astronomy. Applied chiefly to navigation: and furnished with a table of meridional parts, to every third minute: with excellent and easie ways of keeping a reckoning at sea, never in print before. Also, a catalogue of the longitude and latitude of the principal places in the world with other useful things. The third edition corrected and amended. By Matthew Norwood, mariner
• Table of meridional parts

People / Organizations

• Matthew Norwood (Author)
• Thomas Passinger Sr. ("printed for")

Imprint

London: [print]ed by Anne Godbid, and John Playford, for William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head and Ralph Smith, at the Bible in Cornhill; Thomas Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; and Richard Northcot, next St Peter's-Alley in Cornhill, and at the Anchor and Mariner, on Fishstreet-Hill, [1678]

Publication year

1678

ESTC No.

R218969

Grub Street ID

93557

Description

[10], 203, [1] p., [1] leaf of folding plate : ill., tables ; 4°.

Note

With a table of contents

Divisional title on p. 147: A table of meridional parts.