$7,500
PEDRO DE MEDINA, 'L'ARTE DEL NAVEGAR", 1554:Medina's "Arte del Navegar" was the first practical treatise on navigation and the first to provide reliable instruction on the navigation of American waters. The information in the" Arte del Navegar" was based on the first-hand accounts of pilots using the Indies trade route and was thus the most up-to-date and accurate obtainable. The text remained the standard navigation guide for this route well into the seventeenth century, as witnessed by its many editions. The woodcuts in this edition are reduced copies of the cuts of the first edition. The full-page map showing the Spanish trade routes and includes Florida, the mouth of the Mississippi and the area around the gulf of St. Lawrence has been removed however, it is framed and matted under glass and accompanies the book.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2011-12-11
