7 Inch diameter Mariner’s Astolabe

Replica of the astrolabe Valencia 1588 found at the island Valencia, near Ireland. Now in Greenwich

Type of object:

Astrolabe en Quadrant

Time period:

Portugal & Spanje

Place:

London

Date:

1960

Maker / Author:

Maker not known

Publisher / Printer:

Dimensions:

18cm diameter

Material:

Brass

Graduation:

0-180°

Inscription:

none

Provenance:

Charles Miller Auctions

References:

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Description

A MARINER'S ASTROLABE
heavily cast in brass after the original Valentia astrolabe, shaped ballast, the upper half divided but un-numbered, shaped shoulder with universal suspension ring, period style alidade with countersunk pinnials in sighting veins -- 7in. (18cm.) diam

The Valentia astrolabe of 1588 was discovered under a rock on Valentia, off Southern Ireland, and is now retained as part of the National Collection at Greenwich as NAV0022.