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Troughton & Simms Navigators Pantograph
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century pantograph with box by Troughton and Simms. Engraved Troughton and Simms, London. Missing one wheel. Great nautical instrument. Used in plotting course on a marine...
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1920s European Antique Navigator

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Wood

Rosewood Ship's Navigators Octant
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's octant with rosewood frame, brass filters, mirror and peepsight. Unsigned. Overall dimensions: 3" x 13" x 16". 2 pounds.
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1840s Antique Navigator

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Brass

Antique Rosewood Ship's Navigators Octant
Rosewood Ship's Navigators Octant
H 16 in W 13 in D 3 in
Ships Navigators Quadrant From 18th Century
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique T frame quadrant with engraved bone makers plate from Gilbert of London. With scale that reads to ninety degrees. (Scale shows repairs). There are two sun filters and two hor...
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1920s North American Antique Navigator

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Wood

Troughton and Simms Navigators Sextant in Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's sextant with lattice frame, colored glass filters, many accessory scopes, vernier scale with silver. Mounted into a kidney shaped box with a leather carry handle. ...
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Early 1900s North American Antique Navigator

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Brass

Antique Portrait of Dutch Navigator and Admiral Van Jakob Vanheemskerk, 1618
Located in Langweer, NL
memorables advenues tant és dits pays, qu'és pays voysins, depuis l'an 1315 (..)'. The navigator and
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17th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Hendrik Brouwer: Eminent Navigator and Governor-General of the VOC, 1724
Located in Langweer, NL
a navigator and his leadership abilities. 2. **Service with the Dutch East India Company**: Brouwer
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1720s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Map of Samoa or Schiffer-Inseln (Navigator Islands) - 19th Century German Map
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Samoa or Schiffer-Inseln (Navigator Islands) - 19th Century German Map This detailed 19th
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1890s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Sir Francis Drake: 18th C. Portrait of 16th C. Navigator, Privateer, Politician
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
-1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era
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1740s Antique Navigator

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Engraving

18th Century Hand-Colored Engraving of a Serene Navigator: The Harbor Porpoise
Located in Langweer, NL
This engraving features "Delphinus Phocaena Linn.," referring to what we now call the harbor porpoise (*Phocoena phocoena*). This depiction forms part of a broader collection from th...
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1770s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Lithographic View of the Wangari Cape with a Maori Canoe (New Zealand) - 1836
Located in Langweer, NL
navigators of the 19th century, emphasizing the vibrancy and craftsmanship of indigenous seafaring traditions
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1830s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Mid Nineteenth Century Ships Octant
Located in Norwell, MA
Navigators octant with ebony frame, brass arm, filters and peep sight. Bone Vernier scale. Kidney
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1860s European Antique Navigator

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Brass

19th Century, English Mahogany & Brass Nautical Gimbal Thermometer, Barometer
Located in Atlanta, GA
thermometer and barometer would have been an essential device for ship captains and navigators. Today, it
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19th Century British George III Antique Navigator

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Brass

Mercator's Ptolemaic Map of the Holy Land, Cyprus and Syria, circa 1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map.
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16th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Naive School Portrait Of A Man With A Map, Original Antique Oil Painting
Located in Bristol, GB
desk alongside a quill probably denting him as a navigator of some kind. The painting is probably
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18th Century Folk Art Antique Navigator

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Canvas

Antique Map of the Eastern Hemisphere by Teesdale, '1831'
Located in Langweer, NL
the navigators James Cook and John Gore. Plate 1 from: A new general atlas of the world, containing
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Mid-19th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Confrontation and Culture: Samoan Warrior Engagement, Published in 1820
Located in Langweer, NL
The engraving is captioned as "Mode of Fighting in the Navigator's Islands" and depicts a scene of
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1820s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Period Portrait of Young Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Large 18thC Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
navigators. This exceptional piece is not only a fine example of 18th-century portraiture but also an artwork
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Antique Navigator

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Oil

Small Original Antique Map of the Lower Alsace region, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map.
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Early 17th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Map of Saint Helena Island: Early 18th-Century Copper Engraving by F. Bernard
Located in Langweer, NL
were commonly included in early maps to aid navigators in identifying land from a distance. The
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1720s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Taprobana, (Ceylon) Sri Lanka
Located in Langweer, NL
Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat
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16th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Antique Print Illustrating How the Indians Cure Their Sick People
Located in Langweer, NL
William Dampier. Published 1723. William Dampier was an English explorer, pirate, privateer, navigator
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Mid-18th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Bay of Saint Helena: French Naval Chart by N.B. Ingénieur de la Marine, ca.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
French and English leagues (*Lieues Marines de France et d'Angleterre*), allowing navigators to gauge the
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1770s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Small Original Antique Map of Upper Saxony, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
most famous for introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same
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Early 17th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Mercator's Ptolemaic Map of Ancient Assyria, Media, and Persia
Located in Langweer, NL
of the Mercator projection was revolutionary, allowing navigators to plot courses using straight
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16th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Large 1693 Maritime Map of Irish Sea, West Coasts of Ireland, England, Scotland
Located in Langweer, NL
extensive rhumb lines, which are lines used by navigators to plot a straight-line course. - **Key
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1690s Antique Navigator

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Paper

W. Hartmann Antique Oak & Copper Ships Binnacle Nautical Maritime Compass
By A. Lietz Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
lantern housing which would help the navigator by illuminating the compass. Measure: 57".  
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Navigator

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Brass, Copper

Hand-Colored Print of Corporal Punishment with a Cangue (or Tcha), China, 1844
Located in Langweer, NL
Engravers: Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy, French navigator, explorer and adventurer.
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1840s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Rare North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea Chart: Newfoundland to Venezuela, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
lines, intersecting at numerous points across the map, allowed navigators to plot their courses
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1740s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Large Antique Plan of St. Philiou Bay or Sant Feliu Catalonia Spain, circa 1746
Located in Langweer, NL
features relevant to Sant Feliu, offering a practical resource for sailors, navigators, or merchants of the
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Mid-18th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Pair of rare 17th century celestial and terrestrial globes, Vincenzo Coronelli
By Vincenzo Coronelli
Located in Paris, FR
thanks to the information he collected from navigators and missionaries. He perfected the manufacture of
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1690s Italian Antique Navigator

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Wood

Star Island, Isles of Shoals
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
sea. As an expert navigator and yachtsman, Sheppard had a deep reverence for the ocean and understood
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1880s Realist Antique Navigator

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Canvas, Oil

View of the New Trinity House on Tower Hill
Located in Middletown, NY
, providing expert navigators for ships trading in Northern European waters.
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Late 18th Century English School Antique Navigator

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

1616 Petrus Bertius Map of Arakan and Pegu in Southeast Asia
Located in Langweer, NL
, and German. His 1616 edition of this map was intended for European scholars, traders, and navigators
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1610s Antique Navigator

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Paper

1685 Alain Manesson Mallet Map of Hokkaido (Lesso) in Northern Japan
Located in Langweer, NL
mythical lands like Company’s Land, which was believed to have been sighted by European navigators but was
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1680s Antique Navigator

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Paper

1750 Bellin Map of the Red River (Tonkin River) and Hanoi, Vietnam
Located in Langweer, NL
interest for European navigators, merchants, and missionaries seeking access to Indochina. The map
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1750s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Cemetery on Amsterdam Island, French Territory in the Indian Ocean, ca.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps
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1780s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Nathaniel Bowditch American Federal Giltwood Convex Mirror of Monumental Size
Located in Essex, MA
maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still
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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Navigator

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Giltwood

Fine Pair of Floor Globes by J & G Cary, Dated 1820 and 1833
By George & John Cary
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Discoveries with the Tracks of the Principal Navigators and every improvement in Geography to the present Time
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Navigator

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Mahogany

Antique Map of the Tonkin River ‘Vietnam’ by J.N. Bellin, 1764
Located in Langweer, NL
that would have been useful to navigators, such as the locations of islands, and depth and sounding
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Mid-18th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

William IV Terrestrial And Celestial Floor Globes By J. W. Cary
By John & William Cary
Located in New Orleans, LA
COAST OF TARTARY, TOGETHER, With every other Improvement collected from Various Navigators to the
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19th Century English Regency Antique Navigator

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Mahogany

Mahogany and Brass Skylight Ship Binnacle, T.S. & J.D. Negus NY, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
iron port and starboard navigator balls that are adjustable on cast brass arms. The signed compass is
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1860s American American Empire Antique Navigator

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Brass, Iron

End 19th Century Antique Magnetic Topographic Compass Made in Brass and Oak
Located in Milan, IT
orientation at the end of the XII century because of merchants and Arab navigators.
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1890s Italian Antique Navigator

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Oak

Antique Print of Two Sea Lions on the Shore of Juan Fernandes by Anson, '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
or one of the crew from his ship, the Centurion. When the early navigators and explorers came back to
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Mid-18th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Pair of Cary’s Table Globes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Perouse on the coast of Tartary, together with every other Improvement collected from Various Navigators
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Early 1800s English Antique Navigator

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Ebony

Original Antique Map of the English counties Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, etc, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat
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1630s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Scarce Latin Edition of Guillaume Delisle's 1700 Map of North America
Located in Langweer, NL
, and other navigators who were involved in the early exploration of the Americas and Pacific regions
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Early 1700s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Antique Print of Chinese Jugglers and Doctors by De Lurcy, '1844'
Located in Langweer, NL
Lafond de Lurcy. Artists and Engravers: Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy, French navigator, explorer and
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19th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Antique Print of Chinese Jugglers and Doctors by De Lurcy, circa 1844
Located in Langweer, NL
Lafond de Lurcy. Artists and Engravers: Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy, French navigator, explorer and
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19th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Large Antique Sea Chart of the South-Eastern Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
resource for navigators.
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Late 18th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Original Old Map of South East England Incl London, Oxford, Cambridge, Etc, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing
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1630s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Large Map of Russian Discoveries in Siberia, Alaska & the Bering Strait, 1784
Located in Langweer, NL
parts of Alaska and providing further detailed knowledge of the area. 3. Russian Navigators in the
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1780s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Map of Vusihyen, Hu Chew Fu and Hou-Tcheou-Fou, Historical Chinese Cities, 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
des Voyages," were invaluable to navigators, explorers, and scholars. His influence was such that it
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1750s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Map of Kerguelen’s Land: The Island of Desolation Explored by Captain Cook
Located in Langweer, NL
southern Indian Ocean. This remote and uninhabited island was discovered by French navigator Yves-Joseph de
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1780s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Map of Tapi or Tapti River in Central India and Along the Arabian Sea, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
and soundings intended to aid the navigator. Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn (1666-1727
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1720s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius Engraved by Philippe Galle, first published in 1579
Located in Langweer, NL
helped to unify mapmaking practices across Europe. Ortelius's work not only aided navigators and
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16th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Authentic Old Map of Southeast Asia with Original Border Coloring, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Australian continent by Dutch navigators. The Dutch were among the first Europeans to explore parts of
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1740s Antique Navigator

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Paper

1860s Torricellian Barometer Oak Wood Negretti & Zambra Old Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
navigator, has always observed and tried to forecast the changes of weather. Scientific studies about these
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1860s British Antique Navigator

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Oak

Easter Island's Enigmatic Legacy: Moai Statues Engraved and Published in 1794
Located in Langweer, NL
Nathaniel Portlock was an English navigator and a contemporary of Captain James Cook, and he also undertook
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Late 18th Century Antique Navigator

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Paper

Historical Map of the Black Sea and Surrounding Regions, 1705
Located in Langweer, NL
by scholars, navigators, and collectors alike during the time of its production and remains a
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Early 1700s Antique Navigator

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Paper

Old Eastern Balkans Map, with Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
instrument maker. He is most famous for introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators
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1630s Antique Navigator

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Paper

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Find many varieties of an authentic antique navigator available at 1stDibs. An antique navigator — often made from wood, paper and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique navigator — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique navigator made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with folk art — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique navigator that is appealing in its simplicity, but Cary’s, A. Lietz Co. and Ackermann and Fritze produced versions that are worth a look.

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