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German celestial goblet globe
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Persian astrolabe, 1070AH
A beautiful Persian astrolabe dating from 1659/60 by Western calendars. The Islamic calendar is...
Planisphere by George Philip and Son, c. 1935
The planisphere is the modern descendant of the astrolabe. It compresses an entire hemisphere of...
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