Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 1a
This plate bears a stereographic projection of the terrestrial globe that extends from the Tropic of Capricorn to the north pole.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Tropic of Cancer Tropicus cancri (Latin in Mixed script) Plain line.
Equator Æquinoctialis (Latin in Mixed script) Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Tropics capricorni (Latin in Mixed script) Plain line.

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation 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

Scales


Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Longitude 0 - 360 Degrees Every 10 degrees Circular, concentric n/a
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