Object pulled from sunken ship believed to be oldest known astrolabe - AOL

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Object pulled from sunken ship believed to be oldest known astrolabe AOL Years ago, an object resembling an astrolabe was pulled from the wreckage of the Esmeralda, a Portuguese ship that was lost to the Indian Ocean in 1503, notes the BBC. Scanning technology recently revealed that it is, indeed, an example of the ... Shipwreck Discovered Off Oman Reveals Secrets of 500-Year-Old Navigation DeviceNewsweek Earliest Known Marine Navigation Tool FoundMarineLink Earliest known marine navigation tool revealed with scanning technology - University of WarwickUniversity of Warwick BBC News all 43 news articles »

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