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The sea coastes of the lands of Poyctou and Bordeaux even as they shew and appeare, when you sayle there alongst betweene Picquelier & the river of Bordeaux, called the Garonne
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 330 degrees. The bar scale is in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Biscay. The chart contains two coastal profiles and indicates cultivation on the land. It is decorated with two ships, one sea creature 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.
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(9) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Bry, Johann Theodor de |
| Places: | Bay of Biscay; Vizcaya Province |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 33 x 51 cm |