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The Book of Michael of Rhodes - A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript (Hardcover)
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The Book of Michael of Rhodes - A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript (Hardcover)
Series: The Book of Michael of Rhodes
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Essays explore the world of Michael of Rhodes, examining the
historical context, the discovery of his manuscript, and Michael's
knowledge of mathematics, shipbuilding, navigation, and other
topics. In the fifteenth century, a Venetian mariner, Michael of
Rhodes, wrote and illustrated a text describing his experiences in
the Venetian merchant and military fleets. He included a treatise
on commercial mathematics and treatments of contemporary
shipbuilding practices, navigation, calendrical systems, and
astrological ideas. This manuscript, "lost," or at least in unknown
hands for over 400 years, has never been published or translated in
its entirety until now. In volume 3, nine experts, including the
editors, discuss the manuscript, its historical context, and its
scholarly importance. Their essays examine the Venetian maritime
world of the fifteenth century, Michael's life, the discovery of
the manuscript, the mathematics in the book, the use of
illustration, the navigational directions, Michael's knowledge of
shipbuilding in the Venetian context, and the manuscript's
extensive calendrical material.
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