The mariners mirrour wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds and ebs, risings of lands, rocks, sands and shoalds, with the marks for th'entrings of the harbouroughs, havens and ports of the greatest part of Europe: their seueral traficks and commodities: together wth. the rules and instrume[n]ts of navigation. First made & set fourth in diuers exact sea-charts, by that famous nauigator Luke Wagenar of Enchuisen and now fitted with necessarie additions for the use of Englishmen by Anthony Ashley. Heerin also may be understood the exploits lately atchiued by the right Honorable the L. Admiral of Engla[n]d with her Maties. nauie and some former seruices don by that worthy knight Sr. Fra: Drake.
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- The mariners mirrour wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds and ebs, risings of lands, rocks, sands and shoalds, with the marks for th'entrings of the harbouroughs, havens and ports of the greatest part of Europe: their seueral traficks and commodities: together wth. the rules and instrume[n]ts of navigation. First made & set fourth in diuers exact sea-charts, by that famous nauigator Luke Wagenar of Enchuisen and now fitted with necessarie additions for the use of Englishmen by Anthony Ashley. Heerin also may be understood the exploits lately atchiued by the right Honorable the L. Admiral of Engla[n]d with her Maties. nauie and some former seruices don by that worthy knight Sr. Fra: Drake.
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- Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606.
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- [London :: Printed by John Charlewood,
- 1588?]
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"The mariners mirrour wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds and ebs, risings of lands, rocks, sands and shoalds, with the marks for th'entrings of the harbouroughs, havens and ports of the greatest part of Europe: their seueral traficks and commodities: together wth. the rules and instrume[n]ts of navigation. First made & set fourth in diuers exact sea-charts, by that famous nauigator Luke Wagenar of Enchuisen and now fitted with necessarie additions for the use of Englishmen by Anthony Ashley. Heerin also may be understood the exploits lately atchiued by the right Honorable the L. Admiral of Engla[n]d with her Maties. nauie and some former seruices don by that worthy knight Sr. Fra: Drake." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14624.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHEAST COVNTRIES, where Malstrande is the cheefest Porte.
IF you will saile from the cape called Schagen or Scaw to Masterlande, shape your course East north east, till you may discouer an high round rocke or hill, called Bretto: towards which you must beare East North east, till the rockes cal∣led the Pater nosters be in sight, which you shall leaue on your larbord: And when you shalbe nigh the shoare, the entrie of Masterland will be open before you on your South side li∣yng Eastward and East south eastwardes: And leaue the Island wherin standeth a beakon or warlocke, on your starbord. But when you come to the poynt, then the citie lieth open before you, make fast a Cable to the Kay, and cast Anker to the Seawards. You may sayle out agayne Southward into the mayne two or three wayes.
If you will beare in with Calfsounde enter harde aborde the great Rocke wheron standeth a high warlocke: you may by holding on the same course, sayle into Coyhell and Bahuys: you may also set forwardes to the Riuer of Nilues: called VVinder, between the Rockes, wher on the East side you haue the mayne, and the channell lieth open before you. Right before the Riuer lieth a ragged Island, which you must leaue on the Larborde. You may an∣ker vnder the same in 15. or 16. fatham, the hauen is called Reefsounde.
Two leagues Eastward of Reefsounde lieth the Island Malesounde which you may sayle rounde about. Consbaeke lieth from thence two leagues to the East north eastward: Monstersounde standeth also on the East-side of the hauen: and from thence VVaersberghe lieth 3. leagues to the Southward.
If you will sayle to vvaersberghe, bringe the Castle which standeth in the mayne lande South of you, and holde on thorough the middest of the chan∣nell between the Island and the Easterne shoare, but edge nearer the island because of the rocke vnderwater that stretcheth out from the eastern poynt.
There is also a blinde Rocke at the poynte of the Island, when you are cleare thereof you may borrow of the Northern shore, and there come to an∣ker, for it is broade and 4. or 5. fatham deepe.
Parte of these Coastes doo belonge to the gouernement of the Kynge of Svvedeland, and parte to the Kynge of Denmarke. Their traffique is all sortes of Tallow, and such grosse wares, Skines, Hides, Barly, and great stoare of Filberd-nuttes.
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[illustration] map of coastal Norway
A MOST PERFECT description of the Sea coastes of the North East land parte of Norway part of Swedeland as it lieth betwene Distelbergh and Waersbergh