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Summary
| Author |
Augustine Ryther; Robert Adams |
| Description |
English: [The battle off the Isle of Wight on 4 August 1588]Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:250,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coats of arms of Queen Elizabeth and Lord Howard. The prevailing wind direction is indicated next to the compass rose.
This is one of twelve sheets (title page, one overview chart and ten local charts) boxed with their original vellum binding. It has a sheet number, 7, in the lower right corner. |
| Date | 1590 |
| Dimensions | Printed area 38 x 50.5 cm on sheet 43 x 55 cm. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/542829 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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| Identifier | Duplicate ID Number: G223:2/34 Greenwich Geographical Classification Codes: 223:2 id number: PBD8529(9) |
| Collection | Charts and maps |
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| current | 15:07, 29 August 2017 |  | 4,800 × 3,864 (53.06 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Charts and maps, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/542829 |
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