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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[NOVEMBER, 1890.
Lised in the first ed. of Hakluyt's voyages in 1589 he proceeds to prove the sphericity of the earch by and published in 1592,- his being the largest way of preface. He then begins his treatise by lubes made to that date. They were 2 feet describing the globes and their parts: the
inches in diameter, or 5 inches larger than frame, horizon, meridian, horarius, index hord. Behain's globe
rins, anul the lines and circles. Next he describes
the celestial globe and discourses in the inost These Molyneux globes have "graduated brass meridians and on that of the terrestrial globe a dial
interesting manner on the origin of the Ptolemaio circle or horarius is fixed. The Vroud wooden
constellations and stars. Then follows an account cquator, forming the upper part of the stand, is
of the terrestrial globe and discussions on the
ancient and modern (up to his time) knowledge of painted with the zodiac signs, the months, the Roman calendar, the points of the compass, and
the earth of absorbing interest, and also an ac Fount the same in Latin in concentric circles. Rhumb
of the various methods adopted to ascertain lines are drawn from numerous centres over the
the circumference of the earth and the length surface of the terrestrial globe. The equator,
of a degree. Next are his calculations, which cliptic and polar circles are painted boldly; while
were long the only means practical sailors bad of the parallels of latiude and meridians at every ten
finding their way about the earth, and so played degrees are very faint lines." Their contents are
an important part in the English explorations of interesting in the extreme, both as shewing the geo
the seventeenth century. So far all the contents raphical knowledge of the day resulting from the
of the Tractatus were Hues's own work, but as a discoveries of Barents, Davis, Raleigh, Sarmiento,
fifth part it includes a valuable treatise by Cavendish, Loaysa, del Cano, Drake and so on, and
Thomas Heriot on the rhumb-lines described ** exhibiting the prevailing belief in the exis.
on the terrestrial globe, the use of which was to tence of St. Brandon, Mnidas, Heptapolis and shew that, when, of the course, distance, difother naythical islands. S. Matheo a "lost" island ference of longitude and difference of latitude, visited by Loaysa and del Cano is also shewn in
any two are known, the other two can be the South Atlantie.
found. The book also contained an index geo
graphicus of all places on the globe with the These invaluable documents have been well
longitude and latitude of each. For the purpose nigh lost to the world, though a number were
of identifying old geographical names, this is of manufactured and sold, for only one set has been
course invaluable. preserved, and that mostly by accident in the library of the Middle Temple, of all the places in
To this monumental work, Mr. Markham has the world!
added a most laborious, interesting and valuable
biographical index to the names of the astronoTo turn to the author of the Tractatus under
mers and mathematicians whose names are men. review. Robert Hues or Husius was born intioned in the text, and equally important index of 1553 near Leominster, and was educated at
names of the stars and constellations. Brasenose College, Oxford, between 1571 and 1578, and became known as a good Greek
As an appendix to the volume are added Sailing scholar. He afterwards travelled on the Con
Directions for the Circumnavigation of tinent and voyaged at least twice across the
England and for a Voyage to the Straits of Atlantic, and meanwhile became a good geo
Gibraltar from a 15th-Century MS., edited by grapher and mathematician. He next wrote
James Gairdner, with a glossary by Delmar his celebrated treatise, and then became the Morgan. friend of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumber. The language of this treatise is unintelligible land, and the friend and executor of Sir Walter without a glossary, and the place names meaning. Raleigh. He lived his last years at Oxford, where less without an explanatory index; both these he died in his eightieth year, and finally the have been supplied with great clearness and at an poor servitor of former days found an honoured expenditure of immense labour by Mr. Delmar grave and monument in Christ Church Cathedral. Morgan.
His great work went through thirteen editions This unique publication is accompanied by a before 1663 in Latin, Dutch, French, and English. carious and exceedingly interesting map, shew. After a vigorous appeal to the English navigatore ing place-names round England as they were of the day to study science as well as seamanship, known in the 15th century.
