The sea coastes of England, from the Sorlinges by the landes end to Plymouth with the havens and harbrowghes

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The sea coastes of England, from the Sorlinges by the landes end to Plymouth with the havens and harbrowghes

Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 015 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Scilly, Cornwall, Devon. The chart contains seven coastal profiles. It is decorated with six ships and two sea creatures.

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(20)
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Bry, Johann Theodor de
Places:	Isles of Scilly; Cornwall Devon London
Date made:	circa 1588
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Printed area 33 x 52 cm