Relief shown pictorially; depths shown in bathymetric soundings. 3 bar scales on map, given in "Miliaria Italica," "Hispanicæ Leucæ," and "Miliaria Germanica." Compass roses, rhumb lines. North oriented toward upper left. Decorative cartouches and border. Shows topography, vegetation, coastline, drainage, shoals, depths, anchorages, settlements (including ports). Illustrations of ships, sea monsters. Title in Latin with Dutch translation. Appears in Cornelis Claesz' Caertboeck vande Midlandtsche Zee, Amsterdam, 1595.
Creator:
Barentsz, Willem, approximately 1550-1597 and Claesz, Cornelis, approximately 1546-1609
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