Regimento de navegacion Andrés García de Céspedes, 1606 GARCÍA DE CÉSPEDES, Andrés (d. 1611). Regimento de navegacion que mando hazer el rei nuestro senor por orden de su consejo real de las indias. Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1606. JCB copy of the first edition of an important Spanish navigational manual. When García de Céspedes was made Royal Cosmographer to Philip III, his first duty was to complete the reform of the maps and instruments used at the Casa de Contratación, the Spanish agency in charge of overseas trade and business. The present work is his navigation manual for pilots, published by order of the King—an unprecedented move, as navigational information had previously been a closely guarded secret by the Spanish crown. Céspedes's book replaced the Arte de navegar of pilot-major Rodrigo Zamorano, which he regarded as dangerously inaccurate. His work corrects the charts of the Indian Ocean, producing the most accurate to date, and in the long final section gives a general guide to navigation in the Americas with sailing directions for the West Indies, Veracruz, Havana, and from Spain to Rio de la Plata, the Straits of Magellan, and the Pacific coast of South America. The printer, Juan de la Cuesta, was also Cervantes' first publisher. This copy, as often, does not have the map. Sabin 11718; JCB II:39 (this copy); Palau 98619. Folio (286 x 190mm). Engraved title, part II title page, woodcut diagrams and initials throughout (without map, some light spotting, small repairs just touching engraved area at gutter of title). 19th-century Red jansenist morocco by Hayday, perhaps originally for Henry Stevens but with his name erased and John Carter Brown's gilt monogram on upper board and armorial on rear board, edges gilt (a little wear at extremities). Provenance: John Carter Brown (1797-1874; supralibros, bequeathed to:) – John Carter Brown Library (release stamp).
Regimento de navegacion Andrés García de Céspedes, 1606 GARCÍA DE CÉSPEDES, Andrés (d. 1611). Regimento de navegacion que mando hazer el rei nuestro senor por orden de su consejo real de las indias. Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1606. JCB copy of the first edition of an important Spanish navigational manual. When García de Céspedes was made Royal Cosmographer to Philip III, his first duty was to complete the reform of the maps and instruments used at the Casa de Contratación, the Spanish agency in charge of overseas trade and business. The present work is his navigation manual for pilots, published by order of the King—an unprecedented move, as navigational information had previously been a closely guarded secret by the Spanish crown. Céspedes's book replaced the Arte de navegar of pilot-major Rodrigo Zamorano, which he regarded as dangerously inaccurate. His work corrects the charts of the Indian Ocean, producing the most accurate to date, and in the long final section gives a general guide to navigation in the Americas with sailing directions for the West Indies, Veracruz, Havana, and from Spain to Rio de la Plata, the Straits of Magellan, and the Pacific coast of South America. The printer, Juan de la Cuesta, was also Cervantes' first publisher. This copy, as often, does not have the map. Sabin 11718; JCB II:39 (this copy); Palau 98619. Folio (286 x 190mm). Engraved title, part II title page, woodcut diagrams and initials throughout (without map, some light spotting, small repairs just touching engraved area at gutter of title). 19th-century Red jansenist morocco by Hayday, perhaps originally for Henry Stevens but with his name erased and John Carter Brown's gilt monogram on upper board and armorial on rear board, edges gilt (a little wear at extremities). Provenance: John Carter Brown (1797-1874; supralibros, bequeathed to:) – John Carter Brown Library (release stamp).
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