Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (* 1533/34 in Enkhuizen, † 1605/ 06 ) was a Dutch captain and cartographer.

Life

Between 1550 and 1579 besegelte Waghenaer the seas as captain. During these years he was in contact with the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian sailors who influenced his later work on nautical maps.

His first book was published in 1584 under the name Mirror of Navigation.

Publications

• T'eerste deel vande Spigelian the zeevaerdt, van de navigatie the Westersche zee, innehoudende all custen van de Vranckrijck, Spaingen end 't principaelste deel van Engelandt, begrepen in diversche zee caerten. Christoffel Plantin, Leiden 1584.
• The portion of it ... mirror of seafaring: navigation Occidentischen of the Sea, or the West Lakes ( ... vd Noerdschen and Orientischen shipping ). . - Amsterdam: Claesz, 1589 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf; Volumes 1 and 2

Comments

The charts were sought, since almost all nautical records disappeared from the Baltic region. Whether through catastrophic circumstances or as part of the expansion of the church is uncertain. Amazingly were detailed maps of the Antarctic coast. Since the Antarctic was already iced, the sources of his drawings were either 9,000 years or the Antarctic glaciation is more recent.

Even coastlines are shown that indicate a much lower water level shortly before his time. This is reproducible with seismological measurements today.