Compass Collection (page 2)

Portolan of Joan Martines (16th century). American west coas
Portolan of Spanish cartographer Joan Martines (16th century). Majorcan school. American west coast (Peru, Ecuador and Colombia). 1587 Messina, Sicily

Clergyman measuring the circumference of a star with a great compass. Capital letter. Miniature. Liber Derivationum. 13th century. Castle of Chantilly. France

Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama. Deutsches Museum. Munich. Germany

Vintage telescope, sextant and quadrant. 18th century
Old navigational instruments. Vintage telescope, sextant and quadrant. 18th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Compass. 19th-20th centuries. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Old navigational instruments. Vintage telescope, compass, hourglass. 19th -20th centuries. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Chile. Valparaiso. Map in 1713 after an engraving of 1717

Anaximenes (c. 610-547 BC). Greek philosopher of the Ionian school and one of the first to place the origin of the universe on a principle called infinite

Two astronomers on a Christmas card
Two astronomers with their telescopes on a Christmas card by Ernest Griset, observing the moon and stars. Date: circa 1890s

Great Eastern / Compasses
The compasses of the Great Eastern. The gentleman leaning against the compass base is the Captain of the steamship, William Harrison Date: 1859

Philibert Delorme (Mono)
PHILIBERT DELORME French architect, depicted with the trappings of his trade Date: 1510 - 1570

Fenelon / Holl / Vivien
FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE FENELON French divine and writer Date: 1651 - 1715

Cicero Boy and Letter
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO a boy brings in a letter, which he doesn t seem particularly pleased to receive Date: 106-43 BC

Different forms of Transport by Air, Rail, Sea and Road
Four different forms of Transport by Air, by Rail, by Sea and by Road. Date: 1920s

Collectors card, architect at work. Date: early 20th century

New dial work of a small spring clock.. New dial work of a small spring clock showing the phenomena of the moon, days of the week, months, compass, etc

FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757). French writer. De l esprit et des appas and L eventail et le compas. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Greek boy scouts on HMS Devonshire in Egypt
A party of Greek boy scouts on board HMS Devonshire at Alexandria, Egypt, on 2 October 1957. They are interested in the Gyro Compass Repeater used in the steering of the ship. Date: 1957

Verners Patent compass with broad arrow, dated 1916
A Crouchon & Emons, London, Verners Patent compass with broad arrow, dated 1916, in leather strapped case.. Firearms & Equipment

Prismatic compass belonging to Sergeant Ernest Blaikeley, 28th Battalion London Regiment - Artists Rifles.Used by Blakeley at the Sniping, Observation and Scouting School, Lingham

Training boys for the navy, WW1
A page of photographs showing boys at the Watts Naval Training School at Elmham in Norfolk undergoing instruction in order to prepare them for the Navy

ACWW - President Geerda Johanna van Beekhoff-van Selms
Mrs Geerda Johanna van Beekhoff-van Selms (1913-1998), President of the ACWW - The Associated Country Women of the World. Date: 1955

Bristol Pegasus IX powered RCAF Blackburn B-6 Shark III, 525, with incorrect rudder serial, on the compass-swinging base at Brough in November 1938. Date: 1938

de Havilland Sea Hornet F20 VR851
de Havilland Sea Hornet F20, VR851, was one of three loaned to No806 Squadron for exhibition flying at New York in 1948. It is seen here on the compass rose at Floyd Bennett NAS. Date: 1948

Portolan atlas, 1591. Map of the Arabian Peninsula

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map of Asia, from Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan to the Indus River. Made in Messina. Facsimile. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Lamp. Roman art. Sculpture on bronze. SPAIN. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Vignette of a man fishing with long pole from the bank of a river. Date 1878 Dec

Map Compass
A compass on a map of the area around Lladerchymedd, Wales. Date: 1980s

Azimuth compass Date: circa 1760

Various Arches 18th C
Various types of arches from the 18th century in France. Date: Circa 1760

Navigation Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a navigation and compass class with a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Gyrostatic Compass, 1912
Photograph of a new Anschutz gyrostatic compass, February 1912. This type of compass was expected to significantly outperform previous compasses in its ability to give a consistantly strong true

Navigation by Blome 1685
Richard Blomes pictorial representation of Navigation

Oersted Experiment
Christian Oersted, at the university of Copenhagen, discovers the deviation of a compass needle when subjected to an enclosed electric current

Compass on a Map
A compass with a scale ruler, used as an aid to map reading

Nautical Equipment
Nautical equipment for the seasoned sailor, including a Captains cap, compass, hurricane lamp, rope, etc

Surveying with a Compass
Surveying with a mounted compass

Lord Nelson / Midshipmen
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer instructing his midshipmen in the use of compass and tiller

Compass Rose, Winds
A French compass rose including the four winds

Portable Sun Dial
Combined PORTABLE SUN-DIAL, with a compass so that it can be correctly oriented : made by Butterfield, an Englishman working in Paris

Ships Compass
A ships compass ( rose des vents ) on a French warship

First Compass
THE FIRST COMPASS invented by the Chinese

Sea Compass
A Ships Compass in its box; the Compass Needle; and the Card of the Winds

Tracing Magnetic Pole
Tracing the magnetic pole

Giacomo Barozzi
GIACOMO BAROZZI Known also as BAROCCHIO Italian architect

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