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The sea mappe of Portugal wherein are situated the most famous mart towne of Lisbone & St Vues with their rivers and coastes as they show when you saiell up and downe them
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 270 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Tagus, Setubal. The chart contains two coastal profiles. It is decorated with three ships and one sea creatures and the cartouche is decorated with parrots.
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(17) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Bry, Johann Theodor de |
| Places: | Tagus River; Setubal London |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 32.5 x 50 cm |