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The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin, 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, 1602. Prince Maurits makes together with a group friends a trip on the beach from Scheveningen to Petten in the sailing wagon built by Simon Stevin, April-May 1602. In the middle the prince sits among his friends in the large wagon. Below this is a stone tablet with an inscription in Latin (the dedication). On the right a small
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