Die Zee custen vã Biscaÿen tußchen Laredo eñ Sentillana soe hem dat selue landt all daer verthoont enñ opdoet, oræ maritimæ inter Laredum et Sentillanã prætnavigantibus apparens facies - UC Berkeley GeoData
Die Zee custen vã Biscaÿen tußchen Laredo eñ Sentillana soe hem dat selue landt all daer verthoont enñ opdoet, oræ maritimæ inter Laredum et Sentillanã prætnavigantibus apparens facies
Lucas Ioes̃ aurigarius, invẽtor ; Ioannes à Doetecũ fecit. Bird's eye view of coastline. Relief shown pictorially and by bathymetric soundings. North oriented toward bottom of sheet. Decorative border and cartouches, compass rose, rhumb lines. Shows topography, vegetation, shoals, anchoring points. Fauna, ships, sea monsters. Descriptive text at top. "Cum privilegio ad decenniũ." "Les Costes Marines de Biscaye, entre Laredo & S. Alana, ainsique de la Mer elles se representent." at top. "Ainsi se represente le Pais de Biscaye, entre Laredo & Rio de Sella, en le costoyant." at bottom. Latin place names, descriptive text, and directions on compass rose. French text above and below map. 2 bar scales on map, given in "Spaensche mÿlen" and "Duÿtzsche mÿlen." Appears in Waghenaer's Spieghel der Zeevaerdt, Leiden: Christophe Plantin, 1584-1585, world's first printed marine atlas; this version may have appeared in French edition: Miroir de la Navigation, Antwerp: Jean Bellère and Cornelis Claesz, 1590.
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Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535-1606, Beller, Jean, 1526-1595, Claesz, Cornelis, approximately 1546-1609, and Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589
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