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A chart of the seacoasts from the Landsend of England to Cape Bona Esperanca
Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:18 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Plane chart. Bar scales in English and French leagues, Dutch miles and Spanish leagues. Contents Note: Shows the recommended sailing channel midway between Brasil and Cape Verde. Decorated with the coat of arms of the Royal Africa Company, which had been chartered in 1672. A chart from 'Atlas Maritimus', or the Sea Atlas; being a book of maritime charts.
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Object Details
| ID: | PBE6862(17) |
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| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Seller, John; Darby, John |
| Date made: | 1675 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 43.5 x 54.5 cm, on sheet 45 x 55.5cm. |
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