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Description: | Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:400 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 288 degrees. Bar scales in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Bovlingbjerg, Sylt. Contents Note: Contains three coastal profiles. Decorated with three ships and five sea creatures. For three harbours notes on the moon's position at spring tides are provided.
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.
caption: PBD8264, Mariners Mirrour, Bouenbergen - Silt | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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