The sea coastes, with the isles of Bretayne betweene Blauet & Picqueliers

Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 337 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Brittany, Lorient to St. Nazaire. The chart contains four coastal profiles. It is decorated with three ships, two sea creatures and land animals.

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.

Object Details

ID: PBD8264(8)
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waghenaer, Lucas Janz
Places: Brittany; Lorient Saint-Nazaire
Date made: circa 1588
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 32 x 50 cm