Seventeenth century practical mathematics : navigation by Greenvill Collins / Paul Hughes.

"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, c...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Routledge research in early modern history.
Main Author: Hughes, Paul, 1948- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Series:Routledge research in early modern history.
Subjects:
Collins, Greenvile, > active 1669-1698.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Officers > Biography.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
Surveyors, Marine > Great Britain > Biography.
Hydrography > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Cartography > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Navigation > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Navigation > Mathematics.
Hydrographes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Hydrographie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Cartographie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Navigation > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Navigation > Mathématiques.
Armed Forces > Officers.
Cartography.
Hydrography.
Navigation.
Surveyors, Marine.
Great Britain.
1600-1699
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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