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Description: | Bound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:400,000 (bar)]. North at 015 degrees. The bar scales are in English, Spanish and Dutch leagues. Additional Places: Scilly, Cornwall, Devon. The chart contains seven coastal profiles. It is decorated with six 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, Sorlings - Plymouth | 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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