Description

hardbound, including 22 folding nautical charts; numerous coast line surveys in the text.

Limited Edition Reprint of the original Leyden edition of 1592; with an introduction by R. A. Skelton.
The 2nd atlas produced by Waghenaer, this compilation of navigational aids & charts was adapted & patterned after A. Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ; also contains a supplementary section of text describing the navigation
to the East Indies and China possibly added after the return of Dirk Gerritsz in 1590.