RADERS (R.F. van)
Kaart van het Eiland Curaçao benevens een plat van de staad en haven, alles volgen de lasste oorspronklikje waaremingen en opmetinghen te Zamengesteld ...
HEAVILY ANNOTATED IN AN ENGLISH HAND
Detailed chart of Curacao, engraved by Daniel Veelward jr., with three coastal profiles and a large inset of the main harbour, which takes up a quarter of the sheet.
The chart is extensively annotated by a contemporary English hand (or hands), apparently official, commenting on the inaccuracy of the chart compared with the British Admiralty equivalent, notably the difference in longitudes highlighted in three comparative tables; one panel of English text notes “… the actual position of the cables … plotted in this chart are often contradictory … I daresay I might get the approximation closer but I have not the time to devote to it [initialled, dated] 23.5.88.”
