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In the fifteenth century, a Venetian mariner, Michael of Rhodes, wrote and illustrated a text describing his experiences in the Venetian merchant and military fleets. He included a treatise on commercial mathematics and treatments of contemporary shipbuilding practices, navigation, calendrical systems, and astrological ideas. This manuscript, "lost," or at least in unknown hands for over 400 years, has never been published or translated in its entirety until now. In volume 3, nine experts, including the editors, discuss the manuscript, its historical context, and its scholarly importance. Their essays examine the Venetian maritime world of the fifteenth century, Michael's life, the discovery of the manuscript, the mathematics in the book, the use of illustration, the navigational directions, Michael's knowledge of shipbuilding in the Venetian context, and the manuscript's extensive calendrical material.

Naval art and science --- Navigation --- Mathematics --- Astrology --- Calendars --- Shipbuilding --- Michael, --- Mss maritimes --- Mss Michalli da Ruodo --- 091.07 --- 091 DA RODI, MICHELE --- 091:656.6 --- Handschriften: facsimile's --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--DA RODI, MICHELEY --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Transport by water --- 091:656.6 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Transport by water --- 091.07 Handschriften: facsimile's --- Art et science navals. --- Construction navale. --- Astrologie. --- Early works to 1800. --- Early works to 1800 --- Michalli da Ruodo, --- Naval art and science - Early works to 1800 --- Navigation - Early works to 1800 --- Mathematics - Early works to 1800 --- Astrology - Early works to 1800 --- Calendars - Italy - Early works to 1800 --- Shipbuilding - Early works to 1800 --- Michael, - of Rhodes, - -1445