Simon Stevin's sailing chariot, 1602, Currus veliferi Pr. Mauritii Nassouii (title on object), The sailing chariot of Simon Stevin, 1602. Prince 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. On the left a small sailing chariot, probably a prototype, with a few people on board. On the beach several elegant spectators and some fishermen. For Blaeu's Town Book, without text on the reverse., print, print maker: anonymous, after print by: Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after design by

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