:53:01
Sure you have enough information
on these waters?
:53:03
Every bay and inlet for harboring a ship,
soundings accurate, not a reef missing.
:53:07
That's what I want.
I'll send for it on Wednesday.
:53:10
I'll have it ready for you, sir.
You can rely on me.
:53:12
I don't want any printing on the chart,
you understand? No names at all.
:53:16
No names. Very good, sir.
:53:17
- Good day.
- Good day, Capt. Thorpe.
:53:20
I'll have it ready for you Wednesday.
:53:34
- How do you do, gentlemen?
- Are you the chart maker?
:53:37
- At your service.
- I am Lord Wolfingham.
:53:40
This is Don Alvarez de Cordoba,
ambassador from King Phillip of Spain.
:53:43
I am honored, Your Excellency and milord.
:53:45
I've been boasting to His Excellency
about English chart-making.
:53:49
I'm anxious for him
to see samples of your work.
:53:51
Perhaps some charts
you are in process of making?
:53:53
Certainly, sir.
:53:54
Would His Excellency
prefer navigation charts or maps?
:53:57
The charts, please.
:53:58
My government may wish
to compare them with their own.
:54:00
Very good, sir.
:54:03
If you will notice, sir, all my charts
are drawn on the very best parchment...
:54:07
and mounted on the finest linen.
:54:09
The numbers every half-inch
along the coastline...
:54:12
indicate the depth of the ocean in fathoms
at that point.
:54:15
This is very interesting.
:54:17
I just finished that
when you gentlemen came in.
:54:19
Here is a section
of the west coast of Africa.
:54:22
You will notice it is worked out
with such detail...
:54:25
that a navigator can sail through
waters unknown with perfect safety.
:54:28
- Yes, indeed. Excellent work.
- Here are some straits.
:54:31
Tricky to navigate, and if I may say so,
tricky to chart.
:54:36
What do the constellations
at the top of the map signify?
:54:39
Purely a decoration, milord.
:54:40
I take the constellation that has its zenith
over the charted territory.
:54:44
Every seaman knows them.
:54:45
Just like the Southern Cross
over the Strait of Magellan.
:54:48
Merely a conceit of mine
so that people may recognize my work.
:54:52
- Quite an original idea.
- Thank you, sir.
:54:56
This figure
with the dagger pointing down...
:54:59
- is Orion the Hunter, is it not?
- Yes, Your Excellency.