Rojas' Astrolabe Compass This beautiful replica is fashioned

This beautiful replica is fashioned of brass and features a wooden base

Cole was the first maker of English instruments having learned the craft from Flemish immigrants in the final years of the Tudor dynasty

It is fashioned of brass and comes complete with wooden stand and booklets explaining its use and historical context

there is a sundial of folding gnomon

Length: 13

Rojas' Astrolabe Compass This beautiful replica is fashionedThe astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the eighteenth century. Handcrafted in brass. Beautifully made working reproduction Rojas astrolabe. The astrolabe reached the peak of its popularity in the 16th century. The Spanish astronomer and mathematician Juan de Rojas presented to the European public the Orthographic Projection (1550). This projection was successfully applied in a new type of astrolabe that