Jacques Devaulx. Nautical Works
Gerhard Holzer
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Add to basketNeuware - 500 Jahre nach der Gründung des französischen Seehafens Le Havre präsentiert TASCHEN einen Nachdruck der illuminierten Handschrift Les premières oeuvres de Jacques Devaulx, pilote en la marine, die der aus Le Havre stammende Jacques Devaulx (um 1557-1597) 1583 vollendete. Als Seefahrer, Hydrograf, Kosmograf und 'Seelotse des Königs' fasste Devaulx in diesem wunderbar illustrierten Werk all das zusammen, was seine an neuen Entdeckungen so reiche Zeit über die Ausdehnung der Kontinente und Ozeane, über Nautik und die Kunst der Navigation wusste. Dabei konnte er auf umfangreiche Notizen, Aufzeichnungen und Beobachtungen zurückgreifen, die er von eigenen Seereisen nach Amerika mit zurückgebracht hatte.Gedacht als illustriertes Nachschlagewerk für Seefahrer, das nautische Alltagspraxis mit dem aktuellen Wissensstand in Astronomie, Kartografie, Geografie und Trigonometrie kombiniert, aber auch als kostbares Repräsentationsobjekt für seine königlichen Auftraggeber, erläutert Devaulx in seiner aufwendig kommentierten und dekorierten Handschrift den Aufbau und die Funktionsweise nautischer Instrumente wie Astrolab und Jakobsstab und Methoden der Gezeitenrechnung, zeigt Hafenansichten und präsentiert detaillierte Weltkarten und Karten des Atlantischen Ozeans sowie astrologische Tabellen und Messungen des Sonnenstands. Ebenfalls enthalten sind Devaulx' Volvellen, bewegliche Drehscheiben, die heute als frühe Vorläufer des Papieranalogrechners gelten. Alles in allem fassen die Folioblätter den Wissensstand der damaligen Zeit zusammen, als Seefahrer an die Grenzen der Meereserforschung grundlegend erweiterten.TASCHENs Nachdruck von Les premières oeuvres de Jacques Devaulx, pilote en la marine gibt die aus 31 Folioblättern bestehende Handschrift vollständig wieder und zeigt eindrucksvoll Devaulx' farbenprächtige Illuminationen, insbesondere der Volvellen. Der Band enthält zwei einführende Essays von Jean-Yves Sarazin und Gerhard Holzer sowie erläuternde Kommentartexte von einem Expertenteam geleitet von Élisabeth Hébert und Véronique Hauguel-Thill, die das Werk von Devaulx in seinen historischen Kontext einordnen und faszinierende Einblicke in das Leben der Seeleute und Forschungsreisenden des 16. Jahrhunderts bieten.; Mehrsprachige Ausgabe.
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Five hundred years after the historic French seaport of Le Havre was established, TASCHEN presents a facsimile reproduction of Les premières œuvres de Jacques Devaulx, pilote en la marine, first published by Le Havre-born “Naval Pilot to the King” Jacques Devaulx in 1583. This extraordinary illuminated manuscript, dedicated to the Duke of Joyeuse, collates nautical, astronomical, and cartographic ideas as well as Devaulx’s own extensive notes, observations, and records as a seafarer, hydrographer, cosmographer, and cartographer.An encyclopedic reference for sailors, as well as a magnificent maritime showpiece for his royal employers, the elaborately annotated and decorated folios are a repertoire of naval and cosmographic tools and techniques, including astrolabes, nautical charts of the Atlantic Ocean, tabular statements of diurnal tides, astrological charts, and measurements for solar altitude. They also gather Devaulx’s volvelles, wheel charts made of rotating parts that are today considered an early example of the paper analog computer. Together, the folios encapsulate the state of knowledge at a time when sailors pushed the limits of sea exploration and offer a glimpse into the practical daily requirements of Renaissance seafaring.This edition of Devaulx’s stunning document, produced in collaboration with the Bibliothèque nationale de France, reproduces each of the 31 folios in all their brilliant art and science, including the original colorful illuminations, in particular the volvelles. The volume features essays by Jean-Yves Sarazin and Gerhard Holzer, as well as commentaries from a team of experts coordinated by Élisabeth Hébert and Véronique Hauguel-Thill, contextualizing Devaulx’s work with fascinating insights into 16th-century seafaring and exploration.
Gerhard Holzer studied history and geography at the University of Vienna and graduated with a thesis on the German-Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter. Since 1989, he has been curator of the Woldan Collection at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and has published a number of papers on scientific history, in particular on the history of discovery and cartography.
Élisabeth Hébert is a mathematician and historian. She is the author of Instruments scientifiques à travers l’histoire (2004), a book about the usage of scientific, geometrical, and nautical instruments throughout the course of history; and Le Traité de Navigation de Jean-Baptiste Denoville (2008), an analysis and commentary of a reprint of Denoville’s nautical manuscript from 1760, which received a prize at the Nuit du Livre book awards in Paris, 2009. She is also President of the mathematical society Association Sciences en Seine et Patrimoine (ASSP) in Rouen and a retired Associate Professor of Mathematics at the IREM (Institut de Recherche sur l’Enseignement des Mathématiques) at the University of Rouen.
Jean-Yves Sarazin (1967–2016) was a curator and historian. After completing advanced studies in history, paleographic archiving, and library conservation, he managed the Directory of French Cartographers at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, responsible for the conservation and restoration of cartographic documents. From 2010 he worked as director of the Department of Maps and Plans at the BnF. He also dedicated his academic career to the history of legal documents, and is the author of the Bibliographie d’histoire du notariat français, 1200-1815 (2004). He passed away on September 4th, 2016, following a lengthy illness.
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