Clues in the historical record and a close study of the design of the Newport Tower in Touro Park, Newport, R.I. have led me to conclude it was built to be the city-center of the first Elizabethan colony in the New World in 1583. The colonizing effort ultimately failed, but the solidly-built structure remained. The architect of the Tower, the polymath John Dee, even provided an "Owner's Manual" containing cryptic clues about how the Tower functioned, as well as a "hidden blueprint" of its dimensions. The Elizabethan State Papers reveal that in 1583, Narragansett Bay was called the Dee River,...
Clues in the historical record and a close study of the design of the Newport Tower in Touro Park, Newport, R.I. have led me to conclude it was built ...
Modernizations of his Main Mathematical Masterpieces 1558 (and 1568) Propaedeumata Aphoristica (in Latin) Propaedeumata Aphoristica (translated into English) 1564 Monas Hieroglyphica (in Latin) Monas Hieroglyphica (translated into English) 1570 Preface to Euclid (in Elizabethan English) Preface to Euclid (in Modern English) 1573 A Certain Essence of Parallax 1577 General and Rare Memorials pertaining to the Art of Navigation 1580 Map of North America 1583 Calendar Treatise Calendar Treatise (in Modern English) 1592 Compendious Rehearsal 1594 Discourse Apologetical Discourse Apologetical (in...
Modernizations of his Main Mathematical Masterpieces 1558 (and 1568) Propaedeumata Aphoristica (in Latin) Propaedeumata Aphoristica (translated into E...
