The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin (right plate), 1602, Currus veliferi illustrissimi principis Mauritii volitantes duabus horis Scheverina Pettemum ad quatuordecim milliaria Hollandica, quae singula iustae horae iter excedunt (title on object), The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin (right plate), 1602. Prins Maurits and a group of friends make a trip across the beach from Scheveningen to Petten in the sailing chariot built by Simon Stevin, April-May 1602. A small sailing chariot, probably a prototype, with a few people on board. Elegant spectators and some fishermen on the beach. The large

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