The Seaman’s Secrets

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book nautical treatise navigation manual

The Seaman’s Secrets is a late 16th-century English navigation manual that became an influential guide for mariners during the Age of Exploration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
nautical treatise ⓘ
navigation manual ⓘ
approximatePublicationDate late 16th century ⓘ
associatedWith Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabethan seafaring ⓘ
audience mariners ⓘ
navigators ⓘ
author John Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culturalContext early modern England ⓘ
field cartography ⓘ
nautical science ⓘ
genre maritime manual ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
hasForm prose treatise ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration NERFINISHED ⓘ
influence English navigation practice ⓘ
maritime exploration techniques ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor being an influential English navigation guide ⓘ
systematizing practical navigation methods ⓘ
publicationCentury 16th century ⓘ
purpose to instruct seamen in navigation ⓘ
subject celestial navigation ⓘ
navigation at sea ⓘ
piloting ⓘ
use of instruments ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse early 17th century ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
usedBy English mariners ⓘ
explorers ⓘ

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John Davis → wroteWork → The Seaman’s Secrets ⓘ
English explorer John Davis → notableWork → The Seaman’s Secrets ⓘ
subject surface form: John Davis