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Description: | Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa. 1:400 000 (bar)]. North at 194 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Estonia. The chart contains three coastal profiles. It is decorated with two ships and two sea creatures.
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, sea coastes of Lyffland | 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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