Compass rose, ca. 1702
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Diagram or table showing all wind directions and the corresponding terms in six languages. In the four corners the blowing wind heads. In the center of the wind rose a sun with a French lily. Marked bottom right: 49. Part of the first of two parts of the print work: Les costes de France et d'Espagne (or part 13 of: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique), published ca. 1702. The print work consists in total of 43 marked plates of the coast of France and Spain, in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. These plates are copied from anonymous French plates originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris. Title in French.
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