Rare First Nautical Chart of Europe by Waghenaer, 1584: Portolan Rhumb Lines, Unusually Round Iceland Finish:Map surrounded by vineyards and poplar-lined

surrounded by vineyards and poplar-lined banks

The map's design is a testament to the artistry and precision of 19th-century cartography

A prodigy who exhibited at the Royal Academy in his teens

serving as a reference for scholars and the educated public of the time

Grass Snake (Couleuvre)

Rare First Nautical Chart of Europe by Waghenaer, 1584: Portolan Rhumb Lines, Unusually Round Iceland Finish:Map surrounded by vineyards and poplar-linedUniverse Europe maritime eiusque navigationis descriptio is the commanding title of Lucas Janszoon Waghenaers pioneering sea chart, issued in 1584 at the dawn of Europes oceanic enterprises. It assembles the coasts of the British Isles and Scandinavia, the stormy North Sea, the Spanish Sea of the western Mediterranean, the littoral of North Africa, and the open reaches of the Atlantic into a single navigational picture. A dense web of rhumb lines