<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Europa 1586 (Reproduction)<num>Map.0490</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-01 07:06:30 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Europa 1586 (Reproduction)</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="nr94039582" source="naf">Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535-1606</persname>
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    <unitid>Map.0490</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.1 Cubic Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">18 x 24 in. </extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1586</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_b7b445e982de481848b9c0fe153ffbd8" label="Abstract">Reproduction of nautical map of Europe, dated 1586, and taken from "Spieghel der Leewaert" ("The Mariner's Mirror"), an early book of nautical maps by Dutch cartographer Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Brightly colored, with ships and sea monsters pictured. The various countries are identified with heraldic crests.</abstract>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="sh2008114958" source="lcsh">Europe -- Maps</geogname>
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