The oldest known astrolabe was used on one of Vasco da Gama’s ships

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 05:10 in Earth & Climate

A navigational device for taking altitudes at sea was found in a Portuguese shipwreck in the Arabian Sea and dates back to 1496.

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