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Digital Image: 1583 Waghenaer Nautical Chart of Coast of Sweden
ZeeCustevanSweeden-waghenaer-1583_d
Title
Zee Custe van Sweeden, otrent de Westernÿck en tgatt vann Stockholm, beginnende va Kalmar tot den Wigsteen en Rookoe gelegen bynnenn tgatt va Stockholm alfoe hem tlandt daer verthoont
1583 (dated) 21 x 14 in (53.34 x 35.56 cm)
1583 (dated) 21 x 14 in (53.34 x 35.56 cm)
Description
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Cartographer
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (c. 1533 - 1606) was a Dutch cartographer born in Enkhuizen. He was one of the founding members of the North Holland school of cartography, as well as one of its most famous proponents. The North Holland school played a major role in the early development of Dutch nautical chart-making. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Waghenaer, Lucas Janzoon, Spieghel Der Zeevaerdt
Spieghel Der Zeevaerdt was the first published nautical atlas and became an immediate success. Partially based on Waghenaer's observations as a navigation officer and partially on his vast experience in practical navigation methods, Spieghel Der Zeevaerdt combines text, which is based on traditional 16th century navigation publications, and charts which makes this the world's first published pilot guide. This atlas was printed in folio format, an innovation for the time, and was eventually printed in Dutch, French, English, German, and several other languages. Waghenaer eventually published several other editions of his pilot guides, which were smaller and more practical, particularly with mariners as the large folio editions were difficult to use onboard ship.