[The Spanish and English fleets near Plymouth on 30 - 31 July 1588]

An image showing 'Armada Chart No.2 - The Spanish Armada off Plymouth'

An image showing 'PBD8529, Adams Expeditionis, English coming from Plymouth'

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[The Spanish and English fleets near Plymouth on 30 - 31 July 1588]

Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:200,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coats of arms of Queen Elizabeth and Lord Howard. The prevailing wind direction is indicated next to the compass rose.

This is one of twelve sheets (title page, one overview chart and ten local charts) boxed with their original vellum binding. It has a sheet number, 2, in the lower right corner.

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Object Details

ID:	PBD8529(4)
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
Creator:	Adams, Robert; Ryther, Augustine
Date made:	1590
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Printed area 37.5 x 50 cm on sheet 43 x 53 cm.
Parts:	Atlas oversize [Title page to Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio anno domini MDLXXXVIII] (Chart) (PBD8529(1)) [The track of the Armada around Britain and Ireland] (Chart) (PBD8529(2)) [The Spanish fleet off the coast of Cornwall on 29 July 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(3)) [The Spanish and English fleets near Plymouth on 30 - 31 July 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(4)) [The English engage the Spanish fleet near Plymouth on 31 July 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(5)) [The English pursue the Spanish fleet east of Plymouth on 31 July - 1 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(6)) [The English and Spanish fleets on 1 - 2 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(7)) [The English and Spanish fleets between Portland Bill and the Isle of Wight on 2 - 3 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(8)) [The battle off the Isle of Wight on 4 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(9)) [The pursuit to Calais, 4 - 6 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(10)) [The fireship attack on the Spanish Armada, 7 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(11)) [The battle off Gravelines, 8 August 1588] (Chart) (PBD8529(12)) [Limp vellum binding] (Atlas) (PBD8529(13))