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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
Materials
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
Materials
Brass
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 13.59 in W 8.08 in D 0 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 5.91 in W 9.26 in D 0.01 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 0 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 9.93 in W 13.47 in D 0.01 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Brass
H 36.5 in W 4.5 in D 9 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 15.63 in W 19.77 in D 0.02 in
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
Materials
Canvas
H 33.47 in W 22.05 in D 0.79 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 6.23 in W 5.12 in D 0.01 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in W 7.49 in D 0.01 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 24.81 in W 37.01 in D 0.01 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 6.3 in W 9.85 in D 0 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 22.05 in W 25.99 in D 0.01 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 13.59 in W 20.75 in D 0.02 in
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
Materials
Wood
H 5.52 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Category
1780s Antique Navigator
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in W 15.36 in D 0 in
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
Materials
Giltwood
H 76 in W 42 in D 11 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
H 45.5 in W 25 in D 14 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 10.44 in W 18.31 in D 0.02 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 16.15 in W 21.26 in D 0 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 30.2 in W 20.87 in D 0.02 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 16.15 in W 21.26 in D 0 in
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
H 21.07 in W 29.93 in D 0.01 in
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
H 9.97 in W 7.05 in D 0 in
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
H 9.45 in W 15.04 in D 0 in
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
H 8.67 in W 15.16 in D 0 in
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
Materials
Paper
H 14.77 in W 10.44 in D 0 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Oak
H 38.59 in W 10.63 in D 1.97 in
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
H 10.04 in W 15.16 in D 0 in
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
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
H 16.15 in W 20.87 in D 0 in
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