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A description of the Isles of Sealand as they lie upon all ye rivers & channells with a part of the sea coast of Holland and Flaunders
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 232 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Schelde. The chart contains four coastal profiles, shows beacons and buoys and is decorated with one ship.
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(3) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz |
| Places: | Flanders; Schelde Holland |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 31.5 x 50 cm |