Chart plotting the routes from France and Spain, of the outward and return voyages to the West Indies and East Indies, with branches for different destinations

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Chart plotting the routes from France and Spain, of the outward and return voyages to the West Indies and East Indies, with branches for different destinations Long Caption: Scale: circa 1:55,000,000, Mercator projection with the prime meridian through the Canary Islands. There is a key to the track conventions at the top left and four ships are drawn sailing on the routes. 'Carte universelle du commerce, c'est a dire carte hidrographique, ou sont exactement decrites, les costes des 4 parties du monde, par P.Du-Val Geographe Ordinaire du Roy. 1686. A Paris. Chez l'auteur, en l'Isle du Palais, sur le quay de l'Orloge, au coin de la rue de Harlay. Avec privilege du Roy pour vingt ans.' Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object: G201:1/32 Artist: P. Du Val Date: 1686 Medium: engraving Size: 420 mm x 585 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.