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Mariner's astrolabe
Brian Greig1628
Powerhouse Museum
Sydney, Australia
Replica, of mariner's astrolabe from the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia, brass, Brian Greig, Southern Skies Astronomy Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 1997.
Mariner's astrolabe with graduated circle, moveable alidade and sighting vanes, a securing bolt and swivelling thumb ring. It is a full size copy of the astrolabe found on the wreck of the Batavia.
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Details
- Title: Mariner's astrolabe
- Creator: Brian Greig
- Date: 1628
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Physical Dimensions: 253mm (d)
- See MAAS website: See PHM Collection record
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