NAUTICAL WORKS *

NAUTICAL WORKS *

JACQUES DEVAULX

150,00 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
TASCHEN ESPAÑA
Año de edición:
Materia
Historia en general
ISBN:
978-3-8365-3923-4
Páginas:
264
Encuadernación:
Cartoné
Idioma:
Inglés

A fascinating insight into 16th-century seafaring and exploration, discover Devaulx’s sumptuous 1583 manuscript and encyclopedic reference for sailors. This XXL edition reproduces the complete 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, gathering color illuminations, elaborate notes, observations, measurements, charts, and oceanic maps—a magnificent maritime showpiece.

About the Authors

Gerhard Holzer studied history and geography at the University of Vienna, and graduated with a thesis on the German-Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter. Since 1989, he has been curator of the Woldan Collection at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, and has published a number of papers on scientific history, in particular on the history of discovery and cartography.

Elisabeth Hébert is a mathematician and historian. She is the author of Instruments scientifiques travers l'histoire (2004), a book about the usage of scientific, geometrical, and nautical instruments throughout the course of history; and Le Trait de Navigation de Jean-Baptiste Denoville (2008), an analysis and commentary of a reprint of Denoville's nautical manuscript from 1760, which received a prize at the Nuit du Livre book awards in Paris, 2009. She is also President of the mathematical society Association Sciences en Seine et Patrimoine (ASSP) in Rouen and a retired Associate Professor of Mathematics at the IREM (Institut de Recherche sur l'Enseignement des Math matiques) at the University of Rouen.

Jean-Yves Sarazin (1967-2016) was a curator and historian. After completing advanced studies in history, paleographic archiving, and library conservation, he managed the Directory of French Cartographers at the Biblioth que nationale de France, responsible for the conservation and restoration of cartographic documents. From 2010 he worked as director of the Department of Maps and Plans at the BnF. He also dedicated his academic career to the history of legal documents, and is the author of the Bibliographie d'histoire du notariat fran ais, 1200-1815 (2004). He passed away on September 4th, 2016, following a lengthy illness.