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View full screenCopper-bronze electrotype of a 16th century mariner's astrolabe, by Messrs Elkington and Co. Ltd, London, c. 1925
T.1927.46
Mariner's astrolabe, Electrotype
Messrs Elkington and Co. Ltd
London, England, Northern Europe
c. 1925
Copper-bronze
Valentia, County Kerry, Ireland, Northern Europe
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For the original, see Anderson, R.G.W., The Mariner's Astrolabe: An Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Museum. Edinburgh: HMSO, 1972, pp 22-3
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