The sea coastes of Andaluzia made according unto the right situation thereof eaven as they appeare & open with their rivers and havens

Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 303 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Huelva, Cadiz, Tarifa. The chart contains two coastal profiles. Salt pans depicted, and a donkey. It is decorated with two ships and one sea creature. 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(19)
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Ryther, Augustine
Places: Huelva Province; Cadiz Tarifa London
Date made: circa 1587
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 33.5 x 51cm