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A description of the sea coastes of Eyder Ditmers & a part of Jeverland with the rivers of Weser, Elve, Eyder, Hever, and other entrees sandes and shoaldes, lienge alongest the sea coaste of Germany
Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:400 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 265 degrees. Bar scales in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Friesland, Dithmarschen, Elbe, Eider. Contents Note: Contains four coastal profiles. Decorated with three ships and three sea creatures. Shows buoys and beacons marking passages.
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(44) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Waghenaer, Lucas Janz |
| Places: | Friesland Province; Dithmarschen Elbe Eider |
| Date made: | 1588 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 32.5 x 50 cm. |