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Cross-staff or graduated arc
Anonymous1789
MAS
Antwerp, Belgium
The cross-staff was the most prevalent instrument on board a ship for gauging latitude.
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Details
- Title: Cross-staff or graduated arc
- Creator: Anonymous
- Date Created: 1789
- Physical Dimensions: width: 1.8cm – length: 77cm – height: 1.5cm
- Subject Keywords: Maritime collection
- Type: Cross-staff
- Medium: Wood, copper
- ID: AS.1954.021.001.1-5
- Department: MAS Collection – Maritime
- Acquisition: On loan from Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels) (1954)
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