Maritime:Tools for Discovery by kc https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp en-us 2018-10-04 20:33:58 UTC 2026-03-08 17:28:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/319660635/49140f998f028756a97840c8eca1a330/800px_Ptolemy_Astrology_1564.jpg Title Plate - The Mariners Mirrour, 1588 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/303982069 Author: Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
Title Plate: 1588
First printed atlas of sea charts "Die Speighel de Zeevaert"
Location: England
Creator:  Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer Ashley, Anthony translator;
Follows that of the original "Spieghel" with its display of nautical instruments: quadrant, astrolabe, cross-staff, sand glass, lead line, compasses, and mariner's compass.  Royal arms were added
Credit: British Library <link>]]> 2018-11-13 19:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/303982069 Traverse Board ca 1800 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/303983509  The traverse board is used in Northern Europe by 16th century to record speed or direction during a  four-hour watch; info transferred to logbook or on a chalkboard.
Pegs record every half hour during the course with a corresponding one inserted to record the approximate speed.
Origin: Germany or Scandinavia
Material: lead; string; wood
Measurements: 305 x 214 x 38 mm
Credit National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London <link> ]]> 2018-11-13 19:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/303983509 Quadrant (horary) 1658 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/306567539 Maker: Sutton, Henry
Place made: London, England
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Material: brass; paper; wood
quadrant is an instrument that is used to measure angles up to 90°. It provides latitude measurements based on altitude of stars or other celestial body.<link>]]> 2018-11-21 00:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/306567539 Cross-Staff 1804 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/307573393 Period of Use: 400 - 1500 
Material: ebony
Maker: Hendrik Noordyk  Location: Amsterdam (courtesy The Mariners' Museum catalog -
1999.0011.000001A)
Cross-staff early navigational tool provided latitude and direction through measuring the angle between sun and horizon.
<link>]]> 2018-11-25 22:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/307573393 Portolan Chart -1505 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/307581416 Chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic Sea, and the northwestern African coast
Creator: Abenzara, Judah
Language: Latin
Material: color, vellum ; 68 x 106 cm
Location: Yale Library Beinecke Digital Collection <link>]]> 2018-11-25 23:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/307581416 Nocturnal, 1589 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/308100824 Origin:  Rome, Italy
Material:Metal Brass
Location: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Size:  |99 x 11 x 97.5 mm
<link>]]> 2018-11-27 02:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/308100824 Mercator projection ca. 1620 (Septentrionalium terrarum) capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309085450 Hand coloured engraving.
Maker: Mercator, Gerardus
First published in Part III of Mercators Atlas
records attempts by explorers Frobisher and Davis to find the Northwest Passage.
<link>]]> 2018-11-28 23:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309085450 Astrolabe est. ca 1495-1500 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309099595 Discovered 2014 found in wreckage of Esmeralda ship part of Vasco da Gama's fleet off coast of Oman.  Points to the use of astrolabes in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Owner: (David L. Mearns – Blue Water Recoveries llc)
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]]> 2018-11-29 00:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309099595 Mariner's compass circa 1570 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309122801 Origin: Italy
Location: National Maritime Museum collection.
Material: Case made of ivory.
Compass mounting is brass gimbal ring - iron needle - brass pivot cap.
Needle attached to vellum - paper divided into thirty-two points and hand-painted. East direction decorated with cross symbolizing Holy Land <link>]]> 2018-11-29 02:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309122801 Hourglass 1550-1600 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309130032 Place of origin:Italy (possibly, made)
Date:1550-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker:Unknown
Materials and Techniques:Glass in turned ivory frame
Museum number:83-1880
Gallery location:In Storage
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]]> 2018-11-29 03:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309130032 Chronometer H1 - ca 1735 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309395546 Date made 1735
Maker: Harrison
Material: Materials bronze; lignum vitae; oak; steel; brass
Measurements: 673 mm
The first of Harrison’s series of five sea-clocks (chronometers) was completed in 1735
<link>]]> 2018-11-29 16:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309395546 Celestial Globe ca 1515 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309439388 Maker: Johann Schoner
Source Royal Astronomical Society
One of only two known examples of celestial globes.
<link>]]> 2018-11-29 17:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309439388 The Ambassadors ca 1533 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309453490 Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Title: Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors')
Medium: Oil on oak
Location:  The National Gallery Trafalgar Square, London
The objects depicted on shelf include a celestial globe,  sundial and other celestial instruments.<link>]]> 2018-11-29 18:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309453490 Flea-glass telescope ca 1700 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309488876 Materials: brass; glass; bone
Location: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London,
Multi-purpose scope six parts configured as telescope,a simple microscope, or flea-glass. Includes sun lens and multiple image lens.
<link>]]> 2018-11-29 18:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309488876 The English Pilot 1671 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309496994 Description:  First detailed set of navigational directions for the North American coast. Includes - Chart of the sea-coasts of New England
Made: 1671
Material: Bound
Artist/Maker: Seller, John
Location: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts <link>   ]]> 2018-11-29 19:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309496994 Chart - The Mariners Mirrour 1588 capkovic https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309501876 Date: 1588
Original Artist/Maker Hondius, Jodocus Waghenaer, Lucas Janz
English: Anthony Ashley
Measurements:54 x 38.5 cm
Material: Bound Sheet Color Engraving
Description: Dutch English Spanish
The chart is graduated for latitude and longitude
The chart decorated with two ships and one sea creature.
Popularized 'waggoner' became the English term for a book of charts.
Location: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London <link>]]> 2018-11-29 19:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/capkovic/gb2m0h3j3dhp/wish/309501876