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View full screenQuintant (sextant), aluminium 3" straight-bar-pattern frame and limb, and wooden handle, in fitted mahogany box, used on the Antarctic Expedition of 1901, signed and made by William Cary of London, c. 1900
T.1911.35
Cary, William, 1850 - 1900 (fl.), Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe
c. 1900
Aluminium, Wood, Silver, Mahogany
Silver
Previous owner: Admiralty
Certifier: National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Antarctic Expedition