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Astrolabe
This astrolabe, attributed to Gerard Mercator, contains six tympanums for latitudes 43°, 36°, 39° and 42°, 45° and 48°, 51° and 54°, and 57° and 60° (corresponding to the regions between North Africa and Sweden); a seventh tympanum carries the geographic mirror for the northern and southern hemispheres. [...]
Creator
- Gerard Mercator [attr.]
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Astrolabe
- astrolabes
Medium
- gilt 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
- ca. 1570
- 1570~
- 1570~
- 1570
- 1570
Places
- Duisburg
- Duisburg
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402057
Extent
- diameter 316 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Dudley collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/GerardMercator.html
Year
- 1570
Providing country
- Italy