. English: A carde of the sea coastes of Arcason & Biscay with their havens, and opening of their landes, hills and mountaynesBound 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
. English: A carde of the sea coastes of Arcason & Biscay with their havens, and opening of their landes, hills and mountaynesBound 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. PBD8264, Mariners Mirrour, Acason & Biscay . circa 1587. Ryther, A; Waghenaer, Lucas Janz 29 A carde of the sea coastes of Arcason and Biscay with their havens, and opening of their landes, hills and mountaynes RMG F7996
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