Arte del nauigare
Arte del nauigare is a 1609 Italian navigation manual by Pedro de Medina, printed in Venice by Tomaso Baglioni for seafarers and pilots. Its pictures are small woodcut diagrams of a compass rose with stars, a plain circle marked with lettered points, and decorative historiated initials with foliate scrollwork. A designer might take from them the simple geometric diagram style and the ornamental capital letters for borders, headers, or nautical graphics.
