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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Map.0490
Title
Europa 1586 (Reproduction) 1586
Quantity
0.1 Cubic Feet, 18 x 24 in.
Creator
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535-1606
Language
English
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Abstract
Reproduction of nautical map of Europe, dated 1586, and taken from "Spieghel der Leewaert" ("The Mariner's Mirror"), an early
book of nautical maps by Dutch cartographer Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Brightly colored, with ships and sea monsters pictured.
The various countries are identified with heraldic crests.
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