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A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE
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A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE

SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600

已结束2013年10月10日

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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

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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.