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Brad referred, in [10175], to an illustration in Peter Apian's
"Cosmographia"

I'm delighted to say that University of Oklahoma has made available a good
digital copy of the complete 1575 edition of Cosmographia from their History
of Science collection. The page containing the picture that Brad showed (or
at least, a similar engraving) can be found at-

http://hsci.ou.edu/galleries/16thCentury/Apian/1545/Apian-1545-00d4r-image/10in/

It is, of course, in Latin, and I was expelled from the Latin class at
school all of 60 years ago, for incompetence. I don't know of a translation
into English: does anyone else? However, I discovered, a couple of years
ago, that the Bodleian Library has a 16th century edition, in French
translation, and I can just about manage written French. Though even less
well, 16th-century French.

Anyway, I've had a go at that French, and attached is the result into
English, with all the defects of a double-translation, for anyone that's
interested. There are several spots where I've searched for the meaning of a
16th century French word, or guessed at it, enclosed in square brackets.

George.

contact George Huxtable, at  george@hux.me.uk
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.

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