Live Auction 9540Travel, Science & Natural History
A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE
Lot 67

A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE

SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600

Closed10 October 2013

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GBP 37,500

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A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE
SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
of typical shipwreck condition, the wedge profile of Portuguese pattern, signed SEBASTIAO DE GOES to base, scale to quadrant 0°-90° 5° marked, alidade secured with wingnut
7in. (18cm.) radius

Unknown shipwreck
Private collection formed before 1920
Thence by descent

Specialist note

Perhaps the most iconic navigational instrument from the golden age of exploration, the mariner's astrolabe remains a rare survival: Stimson records just sixty-five examples.