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Description: | 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.
caption: PBD8264, Mariners Mirrour, the Sonde | 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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