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A topographical map and coastal profile. At the top, a landscape profile shows the mountainous silhouette of the coast. It indicates the towns of Arbroath and Montrose with small icons resembling churches. Below this is a nautical map of the coastline. The land is on the left and top. The sea occupies the center and bottom right. A large compass rose is on the left, with lines radiating across the sea. A three-masted ship and several sea monsters, including fish and a leviathan, are in the water. A highly decorative Renaissance style cartouche in the upper right contains scale bars. The map is oriented with West on the left and North pointing towards the bottom left.
NORTH SEA
The original fragment "ZEE I O N A L E" is part of the phrase "Septentrionale Zee" or North Sea.
Johannes van Doetecum made this. original: "Ioannes a Doetecum Fecit."