Portugal.- Algarve.- Waghenaer (Lucas Jansz) and Anthony Ashley. [The Kingdom of Algarve], decorative sea chart of the Algarve in Portugal with a coastal profile at the top, two elaborate strapwork cartouches, with two sea monsters and ships and a compass rose, engraving on laid paper with watermark of a portcullis topped by St Edward's Crown, platemark 327 x 510 mm. (12 7/8 x 20 in), sheet 385 x 540 mm. (15 1/8 x 21 1/4 in), English text verso, central vertical fold, small repairs to extremities, unframed, [circa 1588]. ⁂ Sea chart from Anthony Ashley's English edition of 'The Mariners Mirrour', translated from Waghenaer's 'De Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' at the request of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham (1536-1624), commander of the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada.
Portugal.- Algarve.- Waghenaer (Lucas Jansz) and Anthony Ashley. [The Kingdom of Algarve], decorative sea chart of the Algarve in Portugal with a coastal profile at the top, two elaborate strapwork cartouches, with two sea monsters and ships and a compass rose, engraving on laid paper with watermark of a portcullis topped by St Edward's Crown, platemark 327 x 510 mm. (12 7/8 x 20 in), sheet 385 x 540 mm. (15 1/8 x 21 1/4 in), English text verso, central vertical fold, small repairs to extremities, unframed, [circa 1588]. ⁂ Sea chart from Anthony Ashley's English edition of 'The Mariners Mirrour', translated from Waghenaer's 'De Spieghel der Zeevaerdt' at the request of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham (1536-1624), commander of the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada.
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