3416 Dudley, Robert Sir : Carta particolare dell Mare dell Indie con le Secaie è alcqune Isolle. 1646

English
Indian Ocean
Dudley, Robert Sir
about 1646
copperplate engraving
Uncoloured
38 x 47,6 cm
ORIGINAL

A map of the Seychelles islands in the Indian ocean from the first nautical atlas written by a Englishman and the first to use the Mercator projection. Numerous sand banks and navigational hazards are shown and the compass rose on the left hand side indicates that it is northerly orientated. Sir Robert Dudley (1573-1649) was a engineer and explorer active in Italy. His major puplication was a chart atlas entitled "Dell'arcano del mare".

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmaker, Early World Press, 2004, p395

Deutsch
Indischer Ozean
Dudley, Robert Sir
um 1646
Kupferstich
Unkoloriert
38 x 47,6 cm
ORIGINALKARTE