[Portolan chart of north east Atlantic, from Scotland to Spitzbergen].
cartographic

[ca. 1635]
Portolan chart on vellum.
Chart made by French chart maker to show French claims to Spitzbergen, here called "France Artique" with French placenames ; Jan Mayen Island is named "Y de Richelieu".
Includes depiction of the Maelstrom whirlpool.
Latitude gradings left hand side.
Two scale bars, neither with units of measurement.
Ornate compass roses and coloured rhumb lines.
Hand coloured with gilded highlights.
North Atlantic from east and north coasts of Scotland to Spitzbergen, including coast of Norway, Jan Mayen Island and south Spitzbergen.
Royal Scottish Geographical Society.