New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of the Establishment of the Longitudes, plate 16 ca. 1600 Jan Collaert I Netherlandish Sixteenth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a ship sailing on the ocean. At the back of the ship a man examines the ship's longitudinal placement on the globe. Toward the front of the ship are other sailors who hoist the flags, one of which is
New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of the Establishment of the Longitudes, plate 16 ca. 1600 Jan Collaert I Netherlandish Sixteenth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a ship sailing on the ocean. At the back of the ship a man examines the ship's longitudinal placement on the globe. Toward the front of the ship are other sailors who hoist the flags, one of which is inscribed with the sign "IHS.". New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of the Establishment of the Longitudes, plate 16 659730
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