Ikeda Yoemon Nyudo Good Luck - Ikeda Yoemon Nyudo Good Luck

Japanese: 池田与右衛門入道好運 - いけだよえもんにゅうどうこううん
Ikeda Yoemon Nyudo Good Luck - Ikeda Yoemon Nyudo Good Luck

…Written in 1618 (Genwa 4) by Ikeda Yoemon Nyudo Koun of Nagasaki. The author learned navigation by boarding a ship of Manuel Gonsalvez, a Portuguese red seal ship trader living in Nagasaki, and wrote about how to measure celestial latitude, how to use a compass, how to measure water depth, the navigator's knowledge, and the sea routes around Japan. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ikeda Yoemon Nyudo Koun" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1618年(元和4)長崎の池田与右衛門入道好運の著。著者は長崎在住のポルトガル人朱印船貿易家マヌエル・ゴンサルベスManuel Gonsalvezの船に便乗して航海術を学び,天体緯度測定法,羅針盤使用法,水深測定法,航海者の心得,日本付近の航路を記したという。…

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