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A generall carde, & description of the sea coasts of Europa, and navigation in this booke conteyned
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:8,500,000 (bar)]. The chart is graduated for latitude and longitude (Azores meridian). The bar scales are in Dutch, English and Spanish leagues. Additional Places: Europe. The chart is decorated with two ships and one sea creature.
A chart from Anthony Ashley's English edition of 'The Mariners Mirrour'. Lord Howard of Effingham ordered Waghenaer's sea atlas 'De Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' to be translated. It was so popular that 'waggoner' became the English term for a book of charts.
A chart from Anthony Ashley's English edition of 'The Mariners Mirrour'. Lord Howard of Effingham ordered Waghenaer's sea atlas 'De Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' to be translated. It was so popular that 'waggoner' became the English term for a book of charts.
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Object Details
| ID: | PBD8264(1) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hondius, Jodocus; Waghenaer, Lucas Janz |
| Places: | London; Europe |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 54 x 38.5 cm |