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Traverse Board or Pelorus

Navigation Pinn-compass Rose 18 th century. anonymous

Type of object:

Other instruments

Time period:

Gouden eeuw Nederland

Place:

Probably Dutch

Date:

1750

Maker / Author:

Anonymous

Publisher / Printer:

Dimensions:

17 x 28 cm

Material:

Vellum and Wood

Graduation:

Inscription:

G MYLEN G

Provenance:

References:

Stockholm Maritime Museum

Image by Austin Neill

Description

Pelorus or Pinncompass or Transverse board, for noting the course and distance sailed during a watch in use from 1500 to the 1900’s. The watch set the course every half-hour during the four-hour watch and noted the distance travelled per hour and measured with the log, in the lower panel.

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