The Rutters of the Sea: The Sailing Directions of Pierre Garcie. A Study of the First English and French Printed Sailing Directions with Facsimile Reproductions.
1967réf. BL2333New Haven and London:: Yale University Press 1967. 1967. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to. xv 478 pp. Frontis. 14 illustrations including fold-outs 3 tables glossary index. Dark blue cloth blind stamped cover illustration gilt-stamped blue spine label dust-jacket; jacket worn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Through a friendship that he developed with the wealthy American sportsman former wartime naval officer and book collector Henry C. Taylor Waters began his studies of the history of navigation. He published "The Rutters of the Sea" in 1967 and the "Art of Navigation in England and Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times" in 1958 books that Taylor had instigated as well as financially supported. In 1960 Waters became head of Navigation and Astronomy at the National Maritime Museum. There he played an important role in converting the Old Royal Observatory Greenwich into a museum in 1967. He served as secretary of the National Maritime Museum from 1968 to 1971 and then became deputy director from 1971 to 1978. Retiring from the civil Service in 1978 at the age of 67 he held two visiting professorships a Caird Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum and a fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library. Wikip. Extra postage will apply. Yale University Press, 1967. hardcover books
