Vray pourtraict de la riviere tres renomde de Londres, auetrement nomed, la Tamihe, merveilleusement bouched de hableus ds banqs, avec pluseurs flexueie et restdctiens, eseudne insgnes debam laditte ville de Londres de plus haull

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Vray pourtraict de la riviere tres renomde de Londres, auetrement nomed, la Tamihe, merveilleusement bouched de hableus ds banqs, avec pluseurs flexueie et restdctiens, eseudne insgnes debam laditte ville de Londres de plus haull

Single sheet, engraving. Scale: [circa 1:150,000 (bar)]. The bar scale is in Dutch miles and French & English miles. North is at 180 degrees. The chart is ungraduated and shows shoals, soundings and leading marks. It is decorated with the royal coat of arms and cartouches framed by scrollwork. Country estates, hunting scenes, and Duke Humphrey's tower at Greenwich are depicted. There is a rare representation of 'Captain Dracke's Schip" (i.e. the Golden Hind) at Deptford ('Ditfort').

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Object Details

ID:	G218:9/22
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Wright, Benjamin
Places:	River Thames
Date made:	circa 1606
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Printed area 19 x 53.5cm, on sheet 21 x 56.5cm.