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NUNES (Pedro). OBRAS. Lisboa. 1940. - NUNES (Pedro) OBRAS . Nova Edição, Revista e Anotada por uma COmissão de Sócios da Academia das Ciências. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional de Lisboa, 1940. 4 v.: il.; 325 mm. This is a new edition, revised and annotated by a committee of members of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, notably including Joaquim de Carvalho, and printed by the National Press between 1940 and 1960. It was the great academic undertaking of the 20th century dedicated to the work of Pedro Nunes (Alcácer do Sal, 1502; Coimbra, 1578), mathematician, cosmographer and professor, appointed chief cosmographer of the kingdom in 1547 and a central figure in Portuguese science during the Age of Discoveries. Of the four volumes published, the first (1940) brings together the Treatise on the Sphere and the Astronomici introductorii de spaera epitome ; the second (1943) contains the De crepusculis ; the third (1960) the De erratis Orontii Finaei ; and the Libro de Algebra (1946) is included in the series as the fourth volume, although some records number it as the sixth. Nunes is also the author of the Treatise in defense of the nautical chart and the Treatise on certain doubts of navigation (1537), where he addresses mathematically problems of navigation, and the Academy's edition reproduces his works with critical apparatus and annotations. The 1940-1960 edition remained incomplete, with publication being interrupted after the death of Joaquim de Carvalho. In 2002, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, launched a new edition of the works, now with a translation from the original Latin texts and expanded annotations, of which volume V (2011) is one of the tomes. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate