Description:William Bourne, of Gravesend, by trade a gunner, was a successful writer of a new type of textbook. Neither a scholar nor of gentle birth, both of which were regarded as the prerequisites of authorship in the 16th century, when the scientific books were expected to appear only in universities and to be read only by those fluent in Latin, Bourne nevertheless produced a whole series of technical manuals, written in English for the artisans and craftsmen of his own class.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Regiment for the Sea, and Other Writings on Navigation, by William Bourne of Gravesend, a Gunner, C.1535-1582. To get started finding A Regiment for the Sea, and Other Writings on Navigation, by William Bourne of Gravesend, a Gunner, C.1535-1582, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
512
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing
Release
2014
ISBN
1409417263
A Regiment for the Sea, and Other Writings on Navigation, by William Bourne of Gravesend, a Gunner, C.1535-1582
Description: William Bourne, of Gravesend, by trade a gunner, was a successful writer of a new type of textbook. Neither a scholar nor of gentle birth, both of which were regarded as the prerequisites of authorship in the 16th century, when the scientific books were expected to appear only in universities and to be read only by those fluent in Latin, Bourne nevertheless produced a whole series of technical manuals, written in English for the artisans and craftsmen of his own class.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Regiment for the Sea, and Other Writings on Navigation, by William Bourne of Gravesend, a Gunner, C.1535-1582. To get started finding A Regiment for the Sea, and Other Writings on Navigation, by William Bourne of Gravesend, a Gunner, C.1535-1582, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.