The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin (middle 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 (middle plate), 1602. Prins Maurits and a group of friends make a trip across the beach from Scheveningen to Petten in the sailing wagon built by Simon Stevin, April-May 1602. The prince sits among his friends in the wagon. In the foreground a stone tablet with an inscription in Latin (the dedication). Center

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