Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1560
Maker Gillis Coignet
Place Antwerp
Material Brass
Inventory no. 53211
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
There is one plate .

Latitude N/A

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This plate bears a stereographic projection of the terrestrial globe that extends from the Tropic of Capricorn to the north pole. This plate contains 1 scales of the following type(s): Longitude Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
OCEAN. OCCIDENTAL Western ocean Place
OCEANVS ORIENTALIS Eastern ocean Place
AFRICA Place
AMERICA Place
ASIA Place
EVROPA Place
Peru Place
Brasili Place
barbaria Place
c.ber Place
c. ginei Place
S. tho. Place
mont. lunæ Place
m. rub. Place
arabia Place
S. laur. Place
m. ab. Place
nor Place
calicut Place
barma Place
MALVCHE Place
mangay Place
canbay Place
mesico Place
slori Place
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Latitude N/A

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Contains a table of horizons. This plate contains 1 scales of the following type(s): Table of Horizons Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
MERIDES South Direction
SEPTEN North Direction
ORIENS East Direction
OCCIDENS West Direction
XII Marked at the top and bottom of the meridian line. None
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