WAGHENAER, L. J. Zee Kaerte van Bretaigne, Inhoudende... Lot 15

WAGHENAER, L. J. Zee Kaerte van Bretaigne, Inhoudende die zee Custen, Bayen, Eylanden ende havenen tusschen Rouscou ende Groye. . Leiden, Plantin, 1580. black and white. Tiny wormholes in the map at the top of the central fold. Nice copy on strong paper. 340 x 520 mm. Rare nautical chart with Dutch text, published in one of the first editions of Waghenaer's maritime atlas "Spiegel der Zeevaerdt" and engraved by Baptist and Johannes van Deutecom. It represents the west coast of Brittany, from Roscou (Roscoff) to Blauet (Blavet then Port-Louis). One may be surprised by the orientation of this map, but let's not forget that it is made for the sailor. In this case, he is in a west-south-west position and so the end of Brittany is at the bottom, Roscoff at the top left and Blavet at the top right. L he sea is called "Die Groote Zee Oceanus", the great ocean sea. Very decorative, on the maritime side, we see two boats, three sea monsters, a compass rose and a compass on the scale presented by an animal (perhaps a fox). On the land side, the various profiles very useful to navigators with many hills dotted with animals various animals: horse, goat, pig, sheep, cow and, in the middle of all that, a cartouche giving the name of the author, Lucas Jansz Waghenaer, the privilege for 10 years and the date of 1580. 1" state: text of the profiles in Dutch; 2° state: at the top, an off-map text in Dutch; the profiles have each a letter from A to F with a Latin translation above the original Dutch original Dutch text. Between the mainland and Ushant, the Hagles become Hagels, Halman becomes Halman heel with displacement. Finally, a box in the upper center where we discover the author under his latinized name: Luca Joes Aurigariu. 3rd state: a 7 at the bottom left with two additions: Ras de fontenau and Glénant. Some vignettes of towns with roofs in addition. To notice on these three states that Vanes (Vannes) is placed at the west of the roadstead of Lorient and that Blavet is at the bottom of this same roadstead. Waghenaer's personal experiences as a pilot along the European coasts were used to compile the Spiegel der Zeevaerdt, the first edition of which was published in Dutch in Leiden in 1584/85 by Plantin. Although announced as published in 1584 according to Koeman, this edition was more likely printed in 1585