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Description Unidentified, Unspecified, Unattributed, Not provided, Not mentioned, UnknownUnknown or Anonymous 17th-century engraver.
Description
Miniature portrait of "Cap. Davies", i.e. navigator John Davis (1550-1605), sitting among other "Englands Famous Discoverers" and holding a late 17th-century version of his invention, the Davis quadrant. Detail from the title page of John Seller's atlas The Coasting Pilot.
Depicted people
John Davis  (1550–1605) wikidata:Q311652
 
John Davis
Alternative names
John Davys
Description English-British explorer and seafarer
Date of birth/death October 1550 Edit this at Wikidata 27 December 1605 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sandridge Edit this at Wikidata Bintan Island Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q311652
Date between 1677 and 1690
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1677-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1690-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving
Dimensions height: 116 mm (4.56 in); width: 65 mm (2.55 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,116U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,65U174789
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Late 17th century miniature portrait of navigator John Davis (1550-1605)

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