A carde of the sea coastes of Arcason & Biscay with their havens, and opening of their landes, hills and mountaynes

Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [ca. 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 190 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Bayonne, Bilbao. The chart contains four coastal profiles. It is decorated with two ships and two sea creatures. The date (1587) is given in the scale 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.

Object Details

ID: PBD8264(10)
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Ryther, Augustine
Places: London; Bayonne Bilbao
Date made: circa 1587
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 32.5 x 51 cm