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The mariner's astrolabe. A survey of known, surviving sea astrolabes.
By Hesselink
Dec 29, 2005, 15:39

The mariner's astrolabe. A survey of known, surviving sea astrolabes. Utrecht, 1988. 8vo. Cloth, with dustjacket. Richly illustrated. 191 pp. (HES Studies in the History of Cartography and Scientific Instruments, Vol. IV).

With a historical introduction and detailed descriptions of 65 mariner's astrolabes. All astrolabes described are illustrated on full pages.














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