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Nautical circle
Designed by Robert Dudley and made by Charles Whitwell, this large disk bears only a superficial resemblance to the astrolabe inv. 1123, 1124, 1127. In fact, it probably belonged to a more complex instrument described in Dudley's Arcano del mare. A ruler complete with circle also forms part of [...]
Creator
- Robert Dudley
- Charles Whitwell
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Geography
- geography
Type of item
- Nautical circle
- Nautical instrument
- Navigationsinstrument
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- late 16th cent.
- 1600
- 1581
Places
- English
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402050
Extent
- diameter 730 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Dudley collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/CharlesWhitwell.html
Year
- 1600
- 1581
Providing country
- Italy