[The Spanish Fleet off the coast of Cornwall on 29 July 1588]

Uncoloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:600,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coats of arms of Queen Elizabeth and Lord Howard. The prevailing wind direction is indicated next to the compass rose. This was originally produced as one of twelve sheets which comprised Adams' 'Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio anno domini MDLXXXVIII'. It has a sheet number, 1, in the lower right corner. There is a complete, handcoloured set in the Caird Library collection, at PBD8529.

Object Details

ID: G223:2/508
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ryther, Augustine; Adams, Robert
Places: England
Events: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
Date made: [1590]
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 47cm x 38cm