Mariner's Astrolabe, Spanish, c. 1600 | |||||||||||
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| Object is on display. | |||||||||||
| Inventory Number: | 54253 | ||||||||||
| Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
| Place Created: | Spain Europe |
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| Subject Classification(s): | Astrolabes | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Unsigned and undated | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Found during dredging work in1903 at Vera Cruz harbour, Gulf of Mexico. Purchased from its finder Donald Courie by R. T. Gunther.
Lent by R. T. Gunther, founder and first curator of the Museum in 1924. Presented to the Museum by his son A.E. Gunther in1986. | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Gunther Loan collection | ||||||||||
| Material(s): |
Cu alloy Perspex | ||||||||||
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Related SitesEpact: electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums | |||||||||||
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