Relief is shown pictorially and depth is shown by soundings.

In navigation, a rhumb line (or loxodrome) is a line crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle.

A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions – North, East, South and West – and their intermediate points.

This chart is documented in Sailing for the east: history & catalogue of manuscript charts on vellum of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), 1602-1799.