Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar — John Shaqi
Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the ScholarStevens, Henry
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Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar
Stevens, Henry
Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621; Hercules Club
In 1888 I issued _Johann Schöner, Professor of Mathematics at
Nuremberg. A reproduction of his Globe of 1523 long lost, his
dedicatory letter to Reymer von Streytperck, and the `De Moluccis’ of
Maximilianus Transylvanus, with new translations and notes on the Globe
by Henry Stevens of Vermont, edited, with an introduction and
bibliography, by C. H. Coote, of the British Museum._ This Globe of
1523_,_ now generally known as Schöner’s Third Globe, is marked by a
line representing the route of Magellan’s expedition in the first
circumnavigation of the earth; and the facsimile of Maximilianus’s
interesting account of that voyage, with an English translation, was
consequently added to the volume. Mr. Coote, in his introduction, gives
a graphic account of many other early globes, several of which are also
reproduced in facsimile. The whole volume was most carefully prepared,
and exhibits considerable originality both in the printing and binding,
Mr. Henry Stevens’s own ideas having been faithfully carried out.
In 1893 I issued to the subscribers that elegant folio volume which my
father always considered as his _magnum opus._ It was entitled _The New
Laws of the Indies for the good treatment and preservation of the
Indians, promulgated by the Emperor Charles the Fifth, 1542-1543. A
facsimile reprint of the original Spanish edition, together with a
literal translation into the English language, to which is prefixed an
historical introduction._ Of the long introduction _of_ ninety-four
pages, the first thirty-eight are from the pen of Mr. Henry Stevens,
the remainder from that of Mr. Fred. W. Lucas, whose diligent
researches into American history are amply exemplified in his former
work, _Appendiculae Historicae, or shreds of history hung on a horn,_
and in his recent work, _The Annals of the Voyages of the Brothers
Zeno._
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