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    Martín Cortés de Albacar (1510–1582) was a Spanish cosmographer. In 1551 he published the standard navigational textbook Arte de navegar (also known as...
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  • Martín Cortés may refer to: Martín Cortés de Albacar (1510–1582), Spanish cosmographer Martín Cortés (son of Malinche) (1523–?) Martín Cortés, 2nd Marqués...
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  • Navy Martín Alfonso de León (1210–c. 1270/5), Spanish nobleman Martín Cortés de Albacar (1510–1582), Spanish cosmographer Martín Cortés (son of doña Marina)...
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  • unionist Margarita Letelier Cortés, Chilean entrepreneur Martín Cortés de Albacar (1510–1582), Spanish cosmographer Martín Cortés (son of Malinche) (1523–...
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    description of how to make and use a sea astrolabe comes from Martín Cortés de Albacar’s Arte de Navegar published in 1551, although the basic principle is...
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    UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Martín Cortés de Albacar, Spanish author of Arte de Navegar (Sevilla, 1551), an important manual of navigation...
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  • immense lengths. In 1551, Martín Cortés de Albacar, from Zaragoza, Spain, published Breve compendio de la esfera y del arte de navegar. Translated into...
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  • Gravesend. In 1574, he produced a popular version of the Martín Cortés de Albacar's Arte de Navegar, entitled A Regiment for the Sea. Bourne was critical...
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    (although a book by Martín Cortés de Albacar, published in Cádiz in 1551, was also important). The senior cosmographer Alonso de Chaves demonstrated that...
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    exploration and patronage of nautical sciences is without doubt. Martín Cortés de Albacar and Abraham Zacuto both published works in the 16th century that...
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