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.

Object Details

ID: PBD8264(33)
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.