Lot Essay
Perhaps the most iconic navigational instrument from the golden age of exploration, the mariner's astrolabe remains a rare survival: Stimson records just sixty-five examples.
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SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
Details
A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE
SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
of typical shipwreck condition, the wedge profile of Portuguese pattern, signed SEBASTIAO DE GOES to base, scale to quadrant 0°-90° 5° marked, alidade secured with wingnut
7in. (18cm.) radius
SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
of typical shipwreck condition, the wedge profile of Portuguese pattern, signed SEBASTIAO DE GOES to base, scale to quadrant 0°-90° 5° marked, alidade secured with wingnut
7in. (18cm.) radius
Provenance
Unknown shipwreck
Private collection formed before 1920
Thence by descent
Private collection formed before 1920
Thence by descent
Literature
Stimson, A., The Mariner's Astrolabe: A survey of known, surviving sea astrolabes (Utrecht, 1988).
Special notice
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