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BENSAÚDE (Joaquim). L’ ASTRONOMIE Nautique au Portugal a l’ Époque des Grandes Découvertes. Amsterdam. 1967. - BENSAÚDE (Joaquim) L’ ASTRONOMIE Nautique au Portugal a l’ Époque des Grandes Découvertes . Amsterdam: N. Israel Publisher & Meridian Publishing, 1967. 302 pp.; 230 mm. This is a reprint, published in Amsterdam by N. Israel and Meridian Publishing Co. in 1967, of the original edition of this study on Portuguese nautical astronomy from the Age of Discoveries, published in Bern in 1912 by the Akademische Buchhandlung von Max Drechsel. The study originated from the discovery, in the Munich Library, of the Regimento do Estrolábio e do Quadrante (Strolabe and Quadrant Regiment) and seeks to determine the origin of the nautical knowledge that enabled the great Portuguese voyages of discovery. Through a comparative study of nautical tables, the author argues that these derive from Abraham Zacuto's Almanach Perpetuum and a peninsular astronomical tradition, largely the work of Iberian Jewish authors, and contests the thesis that attributed the introduction of nautical instruments and knowledge to Portugal to Martin Behaim, and through him to Regiomontano. He also highlights the role that King John II played in the development of this knowledge. The original edition received the Binoux Prize from the Institute of France in 1916. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate