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Description: | Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 245 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Gulf of Finland, Vyborg, Narva. The chart contains no coastal profiles. It is dcorated with three ships and one sea creature.
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, outtemost | 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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