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An idea of geography and navigation. : Containing easie rules for finding the latitude and difference of longitude of places by observation of the sun, moon and stars. The demonstration and use of the logline. The variation of the compass. The doctrine of plain triangles. The construction and use of all manner of mapps and charts. To keep a journal, and to work a traverse both by plain and mercators sayling. The solution of all nautical questions, geometrically, arithmetically, and instrumentally. Also tables of the sun's declinatision [sic] and right ascension for ever. A table of the most eminent fixed stars in both hemispheres, rectified for the year 1700, with their use, and other tables necessary in navigation