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Lucas Jansz Waghenaer's Speculum Nauticum (1591). Part 2: map 23. Thames
This first nautical atlas in history served perfectly the purposes of invasion or plundering of the enemy coasts that the respective armadas of Philip…
Diego de Valera's Crónica de Hyspaña (1534). Fol. 92r
This chronicle on the ancient history of Spain and compendium of that of Castile down to the reign of King Juan II was commissioned by Isabella the Catholic. Fol. 92r (col. 2) reports the landing in Galicia of John of Gaunt with his troops. It was…