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Description: | Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [ca. 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 190 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Bayonne, Bilbao. The chart contains four coastal profiles. It is decorated with two ships and two sea creatures. The date (1587) is given in the scale cartouche.
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, Acason & Biscay | 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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