The sea mappe of the Sond, the most famous part of whole Dennemarcke even as it appeareth on both the sides when you sayle amiddes through the channel from Waersberge unto Falsterboe, where the Easterne Sea beginneth

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The sea mappe of the Sond, the most famous part of whole Dennemarcke even as it appeareth on both the sides when you sayle amiddes through the channel from Waersberge unto Falsterboe, where the Easterne Sea beginneth

Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:400 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 295 degrees. Bar scales in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: The Sound. Contents Note: Contains two coastal profiles. Decorated with two ships and fish.

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(31)
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Waghenaer, Lucas Janz; Hondius, Jodocus
Places:	Oresund
Date made:	1588
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Printed area 32.5 x 51 cm.