The Cosmography of Pedro Apiano...

This edition of Pedro Apiano's "La Cosmographia de Pedro Apiano/corregida y añadida por Gemma Frisio, Medico y Mathematico; manera de descriuir y situar los Lugares, con el vso del Anillo Astronomico, del mismo auctor, Gemma Frisio; El sitio y descripcion de las Indias y Mu[n]do Nueuo, sacada de la Historia de Francisco Lopez de Gomara y de la Cosmographia de Ieronymo Giraua Tarragonez" was published in Antwerp by Juan Bellero al Aguila de Oro in 1575. It has 68 pages and 14 sheets, and the first edition was published in 1524.

With support from Emperor Charles V, Apiano, a mathematician and cosmographer, compiled his knowledge in this work. In it, he describes the world in relation to the shape of the Earth, along with the weather, climate, geography and astronomy. Apiano was one of the first cosmographers to propose that the Moon's movement could determine the position of a ship at the sea. He also applied his mathematical knowledge to astronomy, cartography and navigation, performing calculations using his own mathematical instruments. His works were used widely in universities in Spain and overseas to teach astronomy.