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A description of the sea coastes of England between Plymmouth & Portland. With the cheefest havens thereof, according unto theire situation
Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 24 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Plymouth, Weymouth. The chart contains four 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(21) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Bry, Johann Theodor de |
| Places: | London; Plymouth Weymouth |
| Date made: | circa 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 33 x 52 cm |