Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
- Made:
- 1580-1588; 1930 in London
- maker:
- Elkington & Company Limited
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Electrotype copy of Mariners astrolabe (Inv. No. 1876-1032). Front 3/4 view of whole object against dark grey
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Electrotype copy of Mariners astrolabe (Inv. No. 1876-1032). Front view of whole object against dark grey background
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Electrotype copy of Mariners astrolabe (Inv. No. 1876-1032). Cropped front view for gallery use. Dark grey background
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Electrotype replica of Mariner's astrolabe (Inv. No. 1876-1032), unsigned, European (Spanish?), 1580-1588. Original instrument found in 1845 under a rock on Valentia Island, southern Ireland close to where three vessels from the Spanish Armada floundered in 1588. Made by Elkington & Co. Ltd, London in 1930 when the original was transferred to the newly established National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Details
- Category:
- Navigation
- Object Number:
- 1930-262
- type:
- replica
- taxonomy:
-
- furnishing and equipment
- measuring device - instrument
- derivative object
- copy - derivative object
- reproduction
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