Titlepage Lucas Jansz. Waghenaer Le Nouveau Miroir, gedrukt bij Belère Antwerpen,1600
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Dit is de titelpagina van de Franse uitgave van zijn bekende Spiegel der Zeevaert.
Het illustreert al de vroege instrumenten: het Kwadrant, de marien astrolabe, de Jakobsstaf, het kompas en het dieptelood.
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer was born in Holland in the 1530s. He became a famous ship pilot of his time. In 1584 he published the atlas (“Spieghel der Zeevaerdt”), which was greatly valued among mariners for centuries. This was not only because of its map content, but also because of a detailed knowledge of navigation techniques of that time. The atlas was very popular and was translated in Latin, French and English and published as The Mariner’s mirror. Since then the pilotbooks in England are called ‘Waghenors’. This is the titelpage of the French edition of 1600.