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A description of the two famous rivers, streames or channells the Flie & the Maersdeepe streaching up in to the sowther sea before Enchuysen unto Amsterdam. Wyth all the sandes bankes and showldes, lying upon the sayde streames
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 260 degrees. The bar scale is in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Zuider Zee. Contains seven coastal profiles. The chart shows beacons marking the sandbanks and is decorated with two ships and two sea creatures.
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(2) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz |
| Places: | IJsselmeer; Amsterdam |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 32.5 x 51 cm |