Mar antre Dobra e Cales
Single sheet. Coloured manuscript drawn on vellum. Scale [circa 1:400,000]. The scales are in Spanish leagues and northern leagues. North is at 225 degrees. This chart of the Strait of Dover contains a latitude bar, one compass radiate and coastal profiles. Soundings and anchorages are shown.
This is a manuscript copy in Portuguese of No.4 in Waghenaer's printed 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' (1584), with a latitude scale added. A similar Portuguese copy (of the English coast from the Isle of Wight to Dover) is in the Prins Hendrik Museum, Rotterdam. They were possibly produced for the 1588 Armada campaign and the planned Spanish invasion of England. The chart has been attributed to Luis Texiera on stylistic grounds.
This is a manuscript copy in Portuguese of No.4 in Waghenaer's printed 'Spiegel der Zeevaerdt' (1584), with a latitude scale added. A similar Portuguese copy (of the English coast from the Isle of Wight to Dover) is in the Prins Hendrik Museum, Rotterdam. They were possibly produced for the 1588 Armada campaign and the planned Spanish invasion of England. The chart has been attributed to Luis Texiera on stylistic grounds.
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Object Details
ID: | G218:6/21 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Teixera, Luis |
Places: | Strait of Dover |
Date made: | circa 1587 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | 40 x 52cm. |