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The sea coastes of Swedeland, about the coates of Westerwijck and the entrance of Stockholm, beginning from Kalmar unto the Wigstone and the Ralde Kowe
Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:400 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 63 degrees. Bar scales in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Stockholm archipelago. Contents Note: Contains no coastal profiles. Decorated with three ships and five sea creatures. 'West' is engraved as a mirror image.
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(33) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz |
| Places: | Stockholm Archipelago |
| Date made: | 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 32.5 x 50 cm. |
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