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The mappe of the sea coastes of Galicia and of Ortugall until you be past the Cape of Finisterre, even as it is scituated and as it appeereth when you come sailinge alongst out of the Spanish Sea
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North is at 193 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Ferrol, la Coruna. The chart contains two coastal profiles. It is decorated with two ships and one sea creature.
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(14) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Rutlinger, Joannes |
| Places: | London; El Ferrol A Coruna Province |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 32.5 x 51 cm |