The Rare English Edition of Waghenaer’s chart of south-east Scotland

A 16th century sea chart of the east coasts of England and Scotland between Bamburgh to Aberdeen, orientated with north to the right, also showing Holy Island, Berwick-upon -Tweed, the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh, St Andrews and Montrose. A letterpress text on verso is titled 'A True Description of The Sea Coastes Betweene Bambough and Aberdyne'. It was published in the first sea atlas printed in English, 'The Mariner's Mirror'. This was a close copy of Waghenaer's 'Spieghel der Zeevaerdt', translated by Anthony Ashley, on the commission of Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor. He employed one of the best available engravers (either Theodore de Bry, Jodocus Hondius, Augustine Ryther or Johannes Rutlinger), to make a close copy of the original plate by Johannes van Doetichum, including the coastal profiles, cartouches and vignette sea-monsters and galleons. For financial and security reasons (in the year of the Spanish Armada), the 'Mariners Mirror' had a limited print run, with circulation limited to the most trusted captains.