F8071

A chart of the seacoasts from the Landsend of England to Cape Bona Esperanca Long Caption: A hand coloured engraving, scale: circa 1:18 000 000 (bar). There's a cartographic note of , North at 270 degrees. The borders are graduated for latitude, the bar scales are in English and French leagues, Dutch miles and Spanish leagues. It also shows the recommended sailing channel midway between Brasil and Cape Verde and is decorated with the coat of arms of the Royal Africa Company, which had been chartered in 1672. It's a chart from 'Atlas Maritimus', or the Sea Atlas; being a book of maritime charts. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object: PBE6862(17) Artist: John Seller; John Darby Date: 1675 Medium: engraving Size: 450 mm x 555 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.