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Volume Add.8987

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'Tractatus Geographicus': Treatises on Geography and Harmonics

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8987
Scope and Contents

Treatises in Latin, written in a single hand throughout, with points of compass in Dutch. The first part contains a Tractatus geographicus, a treatise of geography, hydrography, longitude and distance, including diagrams of points of compass, projections, calculations of distance, and a table of the longitude and latitude of German towns. The second part contains a treatise on harmonics.

Dates: 1650 (Circa)
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