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A description of the sea coastes of Flaundres & Picardie beginning from Neweport unto Deepe, with the Flemmishe banks, untill you be past the straight between England & France the wch is called the heades
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North is at 222 degrees. Additional Places: Straits of Dover. The chart contains two coastal profiles. It i s decorated with three ships, two sea creatures and farm animals and has an elaborate title cartouche.
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(4) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz |
| Places: | London; Strait of Dover |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 32 x 50 cm |