Description of a part of Scotland, namely from Bamburgh to Aberdeen

A sixteenth century sea chart shows the coast of Scotland from Bamburgh in England up to Aberdeen. The map is oriented with West at the top, so the coastline runs vertically. At the top of the image is a coastal profile titled "Appearance of the northernmost part of England while sailing past it." A large, decorative frame in the center left contains the title in English. In the sea on the right, a three-masted sailing ship and a sea monster are visible. A compass rose appears on the right edge with labels for South and North. The bottom edge is labeled as the North Sea.

A. Appearance of the northernmost part of England
while sailing past it

The appearance of the northernmost parts of England, while it is sailed past original Latin: "Angliæ maximæ Septentrion. vultus, dum præternavigatur"

Dunstanburgh Bamburgh Berwick Edinburgh Barnbougle Leith Burntisland Kinghorn

S C O

Description of a part of
Scotland from Bamburgh to Aberdeen
in which Edinburgh is the principal merchant city, as
the land appears there when sailing alongside it.

A true delineation of the sea coasts of Scotland from Bamburgh
to Aberdeen. original Latin: "Oræ maritimæ Scotiæ a Bamburgo ad Aberdinum, vera delineatio."

With a ten-year privilege This "privilege" was a sixteenth century form of copyright protection granted by the authorities.

Lucas Janszoon
Waghenaer

Inchkeith Haystack original: "Heijn schiep". A rock formation in the Firth of Forth. Musselburgh Seton Tantallon Bass Rock Isle of May Dunbar St Abb’s Head Chirnside Berwick Goswick Bamburgh Dunstanburgh Holy Island original: "Theylich landt". Also known as Lindisfarne. Goldstone The Plow The Goldstone and the Plow are dangerous rocks near Holy Island. Farne Islands Sheep Islands original: "Schapen". An alternative name for the Farne Islands.

SOUTH

NORTH

N O R T H S E A original Latin: "MARE SEPTENTR", referring to the Septentrional or Northern Sea.

Description of the Coasts of Scot-

land / of which the Firth original: "Liedt". Likely referring to the Leith or the Firth of Forth. (extending toward Edinburgh)

is the principal harbor.

An ornamental woodcut initial 'V' containing figures of humans and a possible mythological creature amidst elaborate foliage and scrolls.
From Longstone Island original: "Loggen Eyland". One of the Farne Islands. to the Holy Island or islands, north-northwest, four miles. There, to the south in the inlet, is a good anchorage at three or four fathoms; the best anchorage is toward the castle. Between the west end of the Farne Islands original: "Schaſſen". From the Dutch 'Schapen', referring to the Farne Islands off the Northumbrian coast. and the Holy Island, there lie two rocks opposite one another, which are called the Plow or the Goldstone. One aligns Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh These two prominent coastal castles served as essential navigational landmarks for sailors. and thus sails through between the two. From there, west-northwest, three miles lies Berwick; to enter there, one leaves the sandbanks on the right hand and sails until inside the town of Berwick. From there to St Abb’s Head original: "Abbenhöfft"., north-northwest, five miles. From St Abb’s Head to the Bass Rock original: "Inſeln Baß"., west-northwest, four miles.

Also, from the Farne Islands original: "Tuter (end der Schaſſer)". Likely the Outer Farnes. to St Abb’s Head, northwest, six miles. From there to the Isle of May, northwest and northwest by north, four miles. From May to Fife Ness original: "Fiſsnes"., northeast by ...