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Here for your browsing pleasure is a one-of-a-kind chart of the sea coasts in the East Indies. It was made in 1690.
Nautical charts.
Covers the coasts of eastern Africa, India, and the East Indies. Drawings around the map document soundings. Also has some details on waterways of potential use to pirates. This atlas is known as the "Buccaneer atlas" because it results from the experience of Hacke in association with Captain Bartholomew Sharpe, the notorious Buccaneer on various expeditions to the South Sea. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. R
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