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- Maker :
- WAGHENAER, L. J.
- Place :
- Leiden, Plantijn
- Date :
- 1585
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 325
- Width mm.:
- 510
- Condition :
- Marginal discoloration and paper slightly age-toned. Else good condition.
DUTCH text on verso. - Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 25430
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DUTCH TEXT EDITION. A detailed chart of the coast of Flanders and Normandy decorated by a large colorful baroque title cartouche, and the coat of arms of Flanders with a colorful scale cartouche decorated with a compass, a compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters.
From an early Dutch text edition of this landmark contribution to the science of navigation. Waghenaer's own personal experiences as a pilot along European coasts were used to compile the Spiegel der Zeevaerdt, the first edition of which was published in Dutch at Leyden in 1584/85 by the House of Plantin.
Although advertised as published in 1584 according to Koeman this edition is more likely printed in 1585.
The chart is engraved by the famous artists' Baptist and Johannes van Deutecom.
The chart shows soundings, sandbanks, landmarks and coastal profiles.
Compass.
A sloop compass in the original wooden box with lit. The compass with floating rose (Cardan system). Slung in gimbals, the east point is decorated and graduated in half points and decorated N & E points.The cardan suspension system, also called a gimbal, is a pivotal support that allows the rotation of an object about a single axis. If simultaneously assembled three rings, one on another by orthogonal rotation axes, an object placed inside the third ring always remains horizontal, regardless of...
$650
Maker : ANONYMOUS
Place : Unknown
Date : c. 1890-1900
Nieuwe gelyk Graadige Paskaart van de Kust van Guiana in West-Indien.
Detailed chart of Guiana in South America. Two scales are given in both maps: Dutch, French and English nautical miles.The inset chart provide detailed view of the Camopi and Maroni or Marowijne Rivers that forms the border between French Guiana and Suriname. The charts are prepared by Johannes Loots and H.Mooy.
$650
Maker : VAN KEULEN, G.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1684 - 1704
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[Diego de Almagro is killed.]
Almagro returned to Cuzco, disillusioned and embittered from his long and fruitless journey south into Chile, where he had been searching for further wealth. This led to a split in the control of Peru between the Pizarrists, who held the coastal regions, and the Almagrists who held the Cordillera. Further quarreling culminated in a battle just outside Cuzco in 1538, known as Las Salinas, which the Pizarrists eventually won. Almagro was subsequently garrotted and his captain, Orgóñez, beheaded....
$80
Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
Compass.
A very nicely crafted sloop compass in original box. The compass is gimbaled and is executed in beautiful red copper. Made and signed by F.J. Kloos & Son of Rotterdam in the 1850-1875 period. The compass works fine. Height of the box: 13.5 cm (5.5 inches)
$2.250
Maker : KLOOS, F.J.
Place : Rotterdam
Date : 1850-1875
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