Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

Waghenaer is one of the founding fathers and most famous members of the North Holland school, which played a major role in the early development of Dutch nautical chart-making.

The knowledge of maritime charts and sailing instructions Waghenaer gained from these contacts were of great influence on his later work.

[2] This chart-book combined an atlas of nautical charts and sailing directions with instructions for navigation on the western and north-western coastal waters of Europe.

A second part was published the next year and was reprinted several times, and translated into English, German, Latin, and French.

[5] Waghenaer died around 1606, in Enkhuizen and in apparent poverty, moving the municipal authorities to extend his pension a year longer for his widow.