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Diagram of early navigation device

Diagram of early navigation device

Description:

Detail: diagram of device used in early navigation. (Device name not specified; a compass?) The captains of slave ships would have used items such as these to help them sail to Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean. From the Universal Dictionary of Arts and Science by E Chambers, 1787.

Date: 1787

Copyright: Copyright Bristol University

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