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Names
Navigation instrument collection
Navigation instrument collection
IDs
VC000005
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Descriptions
A collection of instruments and equipment relating to maritime navigation spanning 386 years, ranging from sounding leads associated with the 17th century Dutch exploration of Australia to electronic calculators used by Kay Cottee during her 1988 circumnavigation of the world aboard the yacht BLACKMORES FIRST LADY.
The navigation instrument collection currently contains some 77 objects, including quadrants, sextants, compasses, barometers, logs, telescopes, globes, dividers, chronometers and plotting instruments. The collection represents the significant advances made in navigation technology over four centuries as mariners grappled with, and overcame, the problem of accurately defining position at sea.
Some material included in this collection may be subject to copyright
By appointment only, please contact ANMM
Parts of this collection are digitised and available on the ANMM web site www.anmm.gov.au
Subjects
1602-1988; Maritime history; Navigation instruments; Quadrants; Sextants
Kay Cottee
Navigation; Sailing; Water transport
Navigational intruments
Coverage Spatial
Oceania; United Kingdom
Coverage Temporal
1602
1988
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Dates
2012-05-30 23:40