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J. Richard Steffy Ship Reconstruction Laboratory - 105 Anthropology Building - Texas A&M University
Marine Astrolabes
Catalogue
Filipe Castro, James Jobling,
Nicholas Budsberg, and Amber Passen
ShipLAB Report 15
December 2015
The present catalogue is a work in progress and represent a compilation of the known marine
astrolabes, and a continuation of Stimson’s work. In the ShipLAB we have compiled a list of the
known astrolabes and made a simple database with relevant information for the study of the
growing collection of marine astrolabes. Since Stimson’s 1988 publication we have compiled 40
new specimens, and we have information on another three in Portugal, two in the south and one
in the north of the country, one in Brazil, and perhaps another in the USA.
We hope that the publication of this list encourages private collectors to contact us at Texas
A&M University and help us inventory, study, and share all the existing marine astrolabes.
Most of the basic information presented in this catalogue has been recently published in the
Journal of Maritime Archaeology:
Castro, F., Budsberg, N., Jobling, J., and Passen, A., “The Astrolabe Project” Journal of
Maritime Archaeology, (2015) (2015) 10.3: 205-234.
The authors want to thank a long list of people from around the world, without whose help it
would have been impossible to put this catalogue together.
Astrolabes
ID 1
NMM No 1
CMAC No 1 Name Palermo
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
1540
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Missing
Dia - mm
200
T - mm
15
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0
Marks Quintuple dots cross on the ends of the horizontal posts / 1540
References Stimson, 1988.
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes The five dots forming a cross seem to be typical of Portuguese astrolabes. This specimen was originally in the Astronomical Observatory at Palermo, Sicily, Italy, and was offered in 1935 to the Museo Nazionale di Palermo. Disapeared in the WW2.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 2
NMM No 2
CMAC No 2 Name Dundee
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
1555
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Dundee, Scotland
Dia - mm
222
T - mm
16
W - gr
2900
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Quintuple dots cross / 1555 / on the reverse ANDREW SMYTON 1688 / X on alidade
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Unknown
Notes Belongued to Andrew Smyton, ship master. Rev. Dr. Dick (1774-1857) gave it to the Dundee Watt Institution. In 1950 it passed to the Dundee City Museum, in Scotland.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 3
NMM No 3
CMAC No 3 Name Krabbe
Waters/Stimson Type
IV
Date Made
1582
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Jacksonville, FL
Dia - mm
179
T - mm
11
W - gr
2168
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks FACIEBAT IOHANNES KRABBE MUNDENSIS 1582
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Johannes Krabbe
Notes Part of the Sir John Findlay Collection. Purchased at Sotheby's in 1962 by congressman Charles E. Bennett and offered to the Fort Caroline National Memorial, Jacksonville, Florida,
Image 1
Nationality German
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 4
NMM No 4
CMAC No 4 Name Greenwich / Valencia
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
c. 1588
Shipwreck
No
Date Found
1845
Location
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
Dia - mm
178
T - mm
17
W - gr
2270
Scale
Unnumbered
Marks A circle on the ballast
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found at Valencia Island, Ireland, 1845.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 5
NMM No 5
CMAC No 5 Name Kronborg
Waters/Stimson Type
II a
Date Made
1600
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
1918
Location
Kronborg, Denmark
Dia - mm
340
T - mm
18
W - gr
5100
Scale
0-90-0/90-0-90
Marks four fleurs de lis / 1600
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Acquired from an antiques dealer, by the Sofartsmuseet, Denmark, in 1918, no earlier provenience; same fleurs de lis as NMM 12.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 6
NMM No 6
CMAC No 6 Name Vera Cruz / Oxford
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1903
Location
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK
Dia - mm
184
T - mm
10t/19b
W - gr
1870
Scale
90-0/0-90
Marks * / A
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Dredged from Vera Cruz harbor, Mexico, in 1903; sold to privates and then Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, England; heart cut-out in ballast.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 7
NMM No 7
CMAC No 7 Name Manila / Barlow
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1602
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1917
Location
Smithsonian Institution
Dia - mm
176
T - mm
16t/19b
W - gr
2500
Scale
90-0-90
Marks 1602
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Dredged from Manila harbor, Philippines; currently on loan to Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC; alidade & axis pin & butterfly nut suspected not original.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 8
NMM No 8
CMAC No 8 Name Champlain / Hoffman
Waters/Stimson Type
III
Date Made
1603
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
1867
Location
Historical Society, New York, NY
Dia - mm
127
T - mm
3t/10b
W - gr
629
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks * 1603 *
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found in 1867 on the edge of the Green Lake, now Astrolabe Lake, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, probaby lost by Samuel de Champlain in 1613. May have doubled as surveying instrument which explains quadrantal graduation.
Image 1
Nationality French?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 9
NMM No 9
CMAC No 9 Name Florence
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia3
Date Made
1608
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Museo di SDS, Florence
Dia - mm
197
T - mm
15
W - gr
2360
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 1608 * / * / GOIS
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Gois
Notes Owned by exiled Sir Robert Dudley (1573-1649); Possibly made by Francisco de Goes, who received a maker's license in 1587, July 13. This signature appears on NMM 42 and NMM 49.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 10
NMM No 10
CMAC No 10 Name Tenri / Madre de Deos
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date Lost
1610
Shipwreck
Nossa Senhora da Graça, also known as Madre de Deos, Cap. André Pessoa.Date Found
1928
Location
Tenri Library, Japan
Dia - mm
184
T - mm
14t/21b
W - gr
2200
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Quintuple dots cross
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered in 1928 from the shipwreck of the Portuguese ship Madre de Deos, Nagasaki Bay, Japan.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 11
NMM No 11
CMAC No 11 Name St. Andrews University
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia7
Date Made
1616
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
St. Andrews University, Fife, Scotland
Dia - mm
396
T - mm
16
W - gr
7700
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks ELIAS ALLEN FECIT 1616
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Elias Allen
Notes Possibly acquired for St. Andrews University in 1673.
Image 1
Nationality English
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 12
NMM No 12
CMAC No 12 Name Skokloster I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia7
Date Made
1626
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Skokloster Castle, Sweden
Dia - mm
250
T - mm
14
W - gr
4150
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 1626 / 4 fleurs de lis / 28 and 8 on the back.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Unknown
Notes Skokloster Castle Collection. Belongued Field-Marshal Carl Gustav Wrangel. Has the same fleurs de lis as NMM 5.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 13
NMM No 13
CMAC No 13 Name Skokloster II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ib
Date Made
c.1626
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Skokloster Castle, Sweden
Dia - mm
253
T - mm
19
W - gr
5000
Scale
0-90-0/90-0-90
Marks Symen Dirckxen Blocker, myn Rondicheyt is te Bryssen, Ick Vaer mee Om Hoogt te Wysen / 10-16 and 6 on the back
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Dutch
Notes Skokloster Castle Collection. Belongued Field-Marshal Carl Gustav Wrangel. Symen Blocker is not the maker but a later owner.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 14
NMM No 14
CMAC No 14 Name Skokloster III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ib
Date Made
c.1626
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Skokloster Castle, Sweden
Dia - mm
253
T - mm
19
W - gr
5050
Scale
0-90-0/90-0-90
Marks 10-18 and 2 on the back
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
unknown
Notes Skokloster Castle Collection. Belongued Field-Marshal Carl Gustav Wrangel.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 15
NMM No 15
CMAC No 15 Name Batavia I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ib
Date Made
Date Lost
1629
Shipwreck
Batavia
Date Found
1968
Location
WA Museum, Perth
Dia - mm
252
T - mm
19
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0/90-0-90
Marks 4 fleurs de lis / Inventiory number 10 and VOC stamp on the back of the ballast
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered from the Batavia VOC wreck, lost in 1629 at the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 16
NMM No 16
CMAC No 16 Name Batavia II
Waters/Stimson Type
II b
Date Made
Date Lost
1629
Shipwreck
Batavia
Date Found
1963
Location
WA Museum, Perth
Dia - mm
410
T - mm
16
W - gr
-
Scale
obliterated
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Max Cramer in 1963, from the Batavia VOC shipwreck, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 17
NMM No 17
CMAC No 17 Name Caudebec
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
1632
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Lost
Dia - mm
186
T - mm
-
W - gr
1742
Scale
90-0-90-0-90
Marks *NICOLAS*LE*TELLIER*MA*FAICTE*A*HONNEFLEUR**** / 1632 between 10 stars
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Nicolas le Tellier
Notes Destroyed in 1940, during a bombing at Caudebec-en-Caux, France.
Image 1
Nationality French
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 18
NMM No 18
CMAC No 18 Name Coimbra University
Waters/Stimson Type
Not Ap.
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Obervatory at Coimbra Univ. Portugal
Dia - mm
508
T - mm
10
W - gr
10170
Scale
90-0 diagonal
Marks None
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Purchased for the observatory, not intended for ship use aboard ships. Prabably dating to the 18th century.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 19
NMM No 19
CMAC No 19 Name Felix
Waters/Stimson Type
III
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Smithsonian Institution
Dia - mm
238
T - mm
5
W - gr
1530
Scale
90-0-90-0-90
Marks None
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
?
Notes No provenience quoted; on loan to the Smithsonian Institution.
Image 1
Nationality ?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 20
NMM No 20
CMAC No 20 Name Florence I - calculator
Waters/Stimson Type
IV
Date Made
Date Lost
1654
Shipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Museo di SDS, Florence
Dia - mm
727
T - mm
45
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0
Marks Sir Robert Dudley was the inventor of this instrument
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
English
Notes Owned by Sir Robert Dudley; probably made ~1600 by Charles Whitwell as a sophisticated calculator
Image 1
Nationality English
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 21
NMM No 21
CMAC No 21 Name Florence II - calculator
Waters/Stimson Type
IV
Date Made
Date Lost
1654
Shipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Museo di SDS, Florence
Dia - mm
670
T - mm
-
W - gr
-
Scale
-
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
English
Notes Owned by exiled Sir Robert Dudley; probably made ~1600 by Charles Whitwell as a sophisticated calculator
Image 1
Nationality English
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 22
NMM No 22
CMAC No 22 Name Lyme Bay
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia
Date Made
1550-1600
Date LostShipwreck
Possibly
Date Found
1967
Location
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Dia - mm
179
T - mm
14t/16b
W - gr
2041
Scale
90-0-90
Marks None apparent
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found in shallow water at Lyme Bay, Dorset, UK; probably made prior to 1600. Was purchased in 1972 by the museum in Massachusetts, USA.
Image 1
Nationality English?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 23
NMM No 23
CMAC No 23 Name Shiel
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
1550-1600
Date LostShipwreck
Possibly
Date Found
1925
Location
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
Dia - mm
178
T - mm
13t/19b
W - gr
1588
Scale
obliterated
Marks None
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found on the beach at Telegraph Bay in 1925, Alderney, UK.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 24
NMM No 24
CMAC No 24 Name Arts et Metiers I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
1563
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Cons. Nat. des Arts et Metiers, Paris
Dia - mm
198
T - mm
13t/15b
W - gr
2943
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 1563 / six half suns each surounded by three batons / a tower between two batons / three scallop shells and the pillars of Hercules surmounted by a royal crown
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Spanish
Notes From L'Academie des Sciences collection in 1824.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 25
NMM No 25
CMAC No 25 Name Rabat / Coindreau
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia4
Date Made
1648
Date LostShipwreck
Possibly
Date Found
1938
Location
Private owner, France
Dia - mm
161
T - mm
20
W - gr
2530
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * 1648 * / A / * GOYS *
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
A GOYS
Notes Dredged from Bou-Regreg in 1938, Rabat.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 26
NMM No 26
CMAC No 26 Name Girona I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia3
Date Made
Date Lost
1588
Shipwreck
La Girona
Date Found
1968
Location
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
Dia - mm
192
T - mm
14t/17b
W - gr
1797
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated, if any.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found in 1968 on the Girona shipwreck site by R. Stenuit, at Lacada Point, Antrim Co., Ulster, Ireland.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 27
NMM No 27
CMAC No 27 Name Girona II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date Lost
1588
Shipwreck
La Girona
Date Found
1968
Location
Ulster Museum
Dia - mm
176
T - mm
9t/20b
W - gr
1209
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated, if any.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found in 1968 on the Girona shipwreck site by R. Stenuit, at Lacada Point, Antrim Co., Ulster, Ireland.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 28
NMM No 28
CMAC No 28 Name Padre Island I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
1550
Date Lost
1554
Shipwreck
Espiritu Santo?
Date Found
1967
Location
Corpus Christi Museum
Dia - mm
225
T - mm
13t/16b
W - gr
2090
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 1550 / Ten dots in pyramid.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered in 1967 off Port Mansfield, Texas, USA, by the salvage company Platoro, of Gary, Indiana. This site is believed to be that of the Espiritu Santo, lost at Padre Island in 1554, with another two ships: Santa Maria de Yciar and San Esteban.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 29
NMM No 29
CMAC No 29 Name Padre Island II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
1550
Date Lost
1554
Shipwreck
Espiritu Santo?
Date Found
1967
Location
Corpus Christi Museum
Dia - mm
227
T - mm
12t/11b
W - gr
2066
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 1550; quintuple dots
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Recovered in 1967 off Port Mansfield, Texas, USA, by the salvage company Platoro, of Gary, Indiana. This site is believed to be that of the Espiritu Santo, lost at Padre Island in 1554, with another two ships: Santa Maria de Yciar and San Esteban.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 30
NMM No 30
CMAC No 30 Name Padre Island III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
154[5]
Date Lost
1554
Shipwreck
Espiritu Santo?
Date Found
1967
Location
Corpus Christi Museum
Dia - mm
245
T - mm
15
W - gr
3969
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 154[5] / quintuple dots cross
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Complete
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered in 1967 off Port Mansfield, Texas, USA, by the salvage company Platoro, of Gary, Indiana. This site is believed to be that of the Espiritu Santo, lost at Padre Island in 1554, with another two ships: Santa Maria de Yciar and San Esteban.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 31
NMM No 31
CMAC No 31 Name Bermuda
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
a. 1580
Shipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1968
Location
Private owner, Bermuda
Dia - mm
175
T - mm
10t/19b
W - gr
1786
Scale
obliterated
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered w/ Portuguese cruzados dating to 1521-1580, and Spanish gold bars. It was found by a treasure hunter named Harry Cox.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 32
NMM No 32
CMAC No 32 Name Mewstone
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia8
Date Made
c.1600
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1970
Location
NMM, Greenwich
Dia - mm
180
T - mm
11t/23b
W - gr
2495
Scale
obliterated
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
?
Notes Found in 1970 on sea bed near the Great Mewstone rocks, Wembury Bay, Devon, by Wilfred T. Jenkins BSAC. It is on loan in the English National maritime Museum with the ref. #NAV0029.
Image 1
Nationality ?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 33
NMM No 33
CMAC No 33 Name Arts et Metiers II
Waters/Stimson Type
Not Ap.
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Cons. Nat. des Arts et Metiers, Paris
Dia - mm
153
T - mm
20
W - gr
2560
Scale
0-90 / 90-0
Marks None
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Unknown
Notes Probably late 16th century. Recorded in 1906; the record mentions a previous 1849 list where this astrolabe was entered together with NMM24, which is dated to 1563.
Image 1
Nationality French ?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 34
NMM No 34
CMAC No 34 Name Atocha I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Date Found
1973
Location
Key West, FL
Dia - mm
185
T - mm
14t/28b
W - gr
2840
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Quintuple dots cross
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Recovered in 1973 by American treasure hunter Mel Fisher off of the Marquesas Keys. Listed as belonging to the Atocha shipwreck collection.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 35
NMM No 35
CMAC No 35 Name Colombian
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
1702?
Shipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1974
Location
Unknown
Dia - mm
208
T - mm
10
W - gr
1414
Scale
obliterated
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes said to have been recovered off the Colombian coast in 1974, from a shipwreck believed to have sunk in 1702. It was part of The Time Museum colelction, Rockford, Illinois, until 204. The colelction was sold by Sotheby's.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish ?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 36
NMM No 36
CMAC No 36 Name Batavia III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1629
Shipwreck
Batavia
Date Found
1973
Location
WA Museum, Perth
Dia - mm
169
T - mm
26
W - gr
-
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered in 1973 by Jeremy Green from the Batavia VOC wreck site. The ship was lost in 1629 at the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese ?
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 37
NMM No 37
CMAC No 37 Name Batavia IV
Waters/Stimson Type
Ib
Date Made
Date Lost
1629
Shipwreck
Batavia
Date Found
1975
Location
Western Australia Museum, Perth
Dia - mm
253
T - mm
18
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0/90-0-90
Marks 1628 / four fleurs de lis / two VOC marks and an X on the back.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Incomplete
Maker
Unknwon
Notes Recovered in 1975 by Jeremy Green from the Batavia VOC wreck site. The ship was lost in 1629 at the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 38
NMM No 38
CMAC No 38 Name Sacramento A
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1668
Shipwreck
Santíssimo Sacramento
Date Found
1977
Location
Museo Naval, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dia - mm
173
T - mm
20
W - gr
2565
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * 16?? * / A / * GOYS *
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Incomplete
Maker
A GOYS
Notes One of three or four astrolabes found on the Portuguese shipwreck Santíssimo Sacramento, lost off S. Salvador da Baía in 1668. Found during the excavation in 1977.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 39
NMM No 39
CMAC No 39 Name Sacramento B
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1688
Shipwreck
Santíssimo Sacramento
Date Found
1977
Location
Museu de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
171
T - mm
20
W - gr
2320
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * ???? * / A / * GOYS * / on the back: * VIDE *
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Incomplete
Maker
A GOYS
Notes One of three or four astrolabes found on the Portuguese shipwreck Santíssimo Sacramento, lost off S. Salvador da Baía in 1668. Found during the excavation in 1977.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 40
NMM No 40
CMAC No 40 Name Concepcion A
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
16[1]9
Date Lost
1641
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción
Date Found
1979
Location
M. de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dia - mm
175
T - mm
21
W - gr
2947
Scale
90-0-90
Marks 16[1]9 / Y DYAS
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Alidade is new
Maker
Y DYAS
Notes Recovered by treasure hunter Burt Weber in 1979 from the site of the shipwreck Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción, Silver Banks.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 41
NMM No 41
CMAC No 41 Name Concepcion B
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1641
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción
Date Found
1979
Location
M. de las Casas Reales, DR
Dia - mm
166
T - mm
-
W - gr
-
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by treasure hunter Burt Weber in 1979 from the site of the shipwreck Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción, Silver Banks.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese ?
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ID 42
NMM No 42
CMAC No 42 Name Concepcion C
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia4
Date Made
1632
Date Lost
1641
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción
Date Found
1979
Location
M. de las Casas Reales, DR
Dia - mm
165
T - mm
23
W - gr
2638
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 1632 * / * / GOIS
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Goes
Notes Recovered by treasure hunter Burt Weber in 1979 from the site of the shipwreck Nuestra Senora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción, Silver Banks.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 43
NMM No 43
CMAC No 43 Name Banda I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
1568
Date Lost
1615
Shipwreck
Banda
Date Found
1980
Location
Historical and Naval Museum, Mauritius
Dia - mm
200
T - mm
13t/24b
W - gr
3240
Scale
90-0-90-0-90
Marks Quintuple dots cross / 1568
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Complete
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered in 1980 by Patrick Lizé from the VOC shipwreck Banda, lost in the Mauritius Islands in 1615.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 44
NMM No 44
CMAC No 44 Name Isle aux Morts I / Mushrow I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1628
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1981
Location
Newfoundland Museum, Canada
Dia - mm
172
T - mm
21
W - gr
2989
Scale
90-0-90
Marks 1628 / Y DYAS
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Y DYAS
Notes Recovered by Wayne Mushrow from a possibly French shipwreck at Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, Canada. Mr. Mushrow found a number of French coins on the site, dated no later than 1638.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 45
NMM No 45
CMAC No 45 Name Santa Margarita
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
Santa Margarita
Date Found
1973
Location
Private owner, Mexico
Dia - mm T - mm
-
W - gr
-
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated, if any.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found by Mel Fisher's company near the site of the 1622 Spanish shipwreck believed to be the Santa Margarita and not immediately identified as an astrolabe. Badly eroded and fragmented. Diameter around 150-200 mm.
Image 1
Nationality ?
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ID 46
NMM No 46
CMAC No 46 Name Mounts Bay
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
1550-1600
Date LostShipwreck
Probably
Date Found
1982
Location
National Maritime Museum, UK
Dia - mm
207
T - mm
13t/26b
W - gr
3288
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Small star-like mark on face of bottom ballast
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
?
Notes Recovered from Mounts Bay, Cornwall, UK, with a Spanish c.1520 coin. Purchased from the Receiver of Wrecks, H.M. Customs and Excise, Customs House, Penzance, Cornwall, in 1989. In the National Maritime Museum, UK (#NAV0030).
Image 1
Nationality ?
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ID 47
NMM No 47
CMAC No 47 Name Las Palmas
Waters/Stimson Type
0
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Museo Casa de Colon, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Dia - mm
223
T - mm
5
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks None
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Provenience unknown. Perhaps dating to the early 16th century.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
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ID 48
NMM No 48
CMAC No 48 Name Vergulde Draeck
Waters/Stimson Type
Ib
Date Made
Date Lost
1656
Shipwreck
Vergulde Draeck
Date Found
1983
Location
Western Australia Museum, Perth
Dia - mm
253
T - mm
17
W - gr
4280
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes VOC wreck; most similar to listed numbers
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
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ID 49
NMM No 49
CMAC No 49 Name Santa Escolastica
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1624
Date Lost
1700
Shipwreck
Santa Escolastica
Date Found
1982
Location
Museo Naval, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dia - mm
169
T - mm
20t/21b
W - gr
2950
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 1624 * / * / GOIS
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
GOIS
Notes Salvage by treasure hunters from the site of the Portuguese frigate santa Escolástica, lost at Banco de Sto. António, Bahia, Brazil.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 50
NMM No 50
CMAC No 50 Name Ericiera
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia8
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1983
Location
Museu de Marinha, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dia - mm
180
T - mm
12t/18b
W - gr
1945
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found by Mr. Sardinha Alves at the southern end of Ericeira beach, Portugal. The owner offered this specimen to the naval Museum, Lisbon.
Image 1
Nationality ?
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ID 51
NMM No 51
CMAC No 51 Name Madrid I
Waters/Stimson Type
V
Date Made
1700-1750
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Museo Naval, Madrid, Spain
Dia - mm
300
T - mm
5
W - gr
-
Scale
90-0-90
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Unknown
Notes No provenience. Museo Naval collection, MNM #1281.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese ?
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ID 52
NMM No 52
CMAC No 52 Name Madrid II
Waters/Stimson Type
V
Date Made
c.1760
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Museo Naval, Madrid
Dia - mm
293
T - mm
5
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks E. Nairne London
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Edward Nairne
Notes Edward Nairne (1726-1806) was an instrument maker in London. Probably purchased from his company.
Image 1
Nationality English
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ID 53
NMM No 53
CMAC No 53 Name Schoonhoven
Waters/Stimson Type
Not Ap.
Date Made
c.1760
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Nederlands Goud-, Zilver-, en Klokkenmuseum, Schoonhoven, The Netherlands.
Dia - mm
150
T - mm
11
W - gr
368
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks Dollond London
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Fine
Maker
Peter Dollond
Notes Museum collection, made by Peter Dollond (1730-1820), an instrument maker from London, UK.
Image 1
Nationality English
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ID 54
NMM No 54
CMAC No 54 Name Santiago
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
1585
Shipwreck
Santiago
Date Found
1980
Location
Museu de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
180
T - mm
9t/19b
W - gr
1227
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by a treasure hunter from the Portuguese Indiaman Santiago, lost at Bassas da India atoll in 1585. Purchased by Lisbon's Naval Museum.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
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ID 55
NMM No 55
CMAC No 55 Name Red Bay / San Juan
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
Date Lost
1565
Shipwreck
San Juan
Date Found
1984
Location
Red Bay, Labrador, Canada
Dia - mm
205
T - mm
15
W - gr
-
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Robert Grenier's team from the Basque galleon San Juan, lost in 1565 at Red Bay, Labrador.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
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ID 56
NMM No 56
CMAC No 56 Name Banda II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1602
Date Lost
1615
Shipwreck
Banda
Date Found
1980
Location
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Dia - mm
175
T - mm
17t/20b
W - gr
-
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / 1602 / an R is stamped above date.
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Recovered from the 1615 VOC shipwreck Banda, in the 1980s, and purchased by the Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum in 1986, through Sotheby's, for 25,000 Pounds.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 57
NMM No 57
CMAC No 57 Name Isle of Wight
Waters/Stimson Type
Ib
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1986
Location
Private owner, UK
Dia - mm
253
T - mm
19
W - gr
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered in 1986 by Martin Woodward off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wright.
Image 1
Nationality Dutch
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ID 58
NMM No 58
CMAC No 58 Name Atocha II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1616
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Date Found
1986
Location
Trevor Philip & Sons, London
Dia - mm
171
T - mm
21t/22b
W - gr
3013
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 1616 * / * / I
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Portuguese
Notes The "I" stamped on the base ballast is probably a signature of the maker. Purchased by Trevor Philip & Sons, London in 1988.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 59
NMM No 59
CMAC No 59 Name Atocha III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia3
Date Made
1605
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Date Found
1986
Location
Museo de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
156
T - mm
18t/20b
W - gr
2180
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 1605 * / * / G
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Recovered by Mel Fisher's team from the site of the 1622 Nuestra Senora de Atocha shipwreck. Purchased at Christie's by Museu de Marinha, Lisbon, in 1988. The "G" may be the signature of one of the members of the Goes family of astrolabe makers.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 60
NMM No 60
CMAC No 60 Name Atocha IV
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1614
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Date Found
1986
Location
Museo de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
172
T - mm
20t/21b
W - gr
2817
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * 16 * 14 * / * Y DYAS * / two Spanish stamps
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Y DYAS
Notes Recovered by Mel Fisher's team from the site of the 1622 Nuestra Senora de Atocha shipwreck. Purchased at Christie's by Lisbon's Museu de Marinha in 1988. Is signed by João Dias and has two Spanish stamps with the Pillars of Hercules surmounted by royal c
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 61
NMM No 61
CMAC No 61 Name Atocha V
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
1616
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Date Found
1986
Location
unknown
Dia - mm
212
T - mm
16
W - gr
2720
Scale
0-90-0/0-90
Marks * 1616 *
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Mel Fisher's team from the site of the 1622 Nuestra Senora de Atocha shipwreck. Has an additional scale and a modified alidade.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
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ID 62
NMM No 62
CMAC No 62 Name Huelva
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia8
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1980
Location
Private owner, Spain
Dia - mm
183
T - mm
21
W - gr
2400
Scale
Obliterated
Marks
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found in 1980 by a fisherman in the sea off Torre la Higuera, Huelva, Spain.
Image 1
Nationality Iberian
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ID 63
NMM No 63
CMAC No 63 Name Rincon
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1616
Date LostShipwreck
Rincon Shipwreck
Date Found
1986
Location
Instituto Nacional de Cultura, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dia - mm
170
T - mm
17
W - gr
3082
Scale
0-90-0
Marks * 1616 *
References Stimson, 1988; Garcia 2005.
Condition Good
Maker
Spanish ?
Notes Recovered off Rincon beach, on the west coast of Puerto Rico in 1986, from a shipwreck dated to circa 1680. It was hypothesized that this shipwreck could be the Defiance of Prince Maurice, lost in 1652, but there is no evidence to support this theory.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish ?
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ID 64
NMM No 64
CMAC No 64 Name Cadiz I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1648
Date LostShipwreck
unknown
Date Found
1981
Location
Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Dia - mm
167
T - mm
20
W - gr
3061
Scale
0-90-0
Marks * / * 16 * 48 * / * / * ANDRE * RVFFO * / on the back MEL ALVRESONOVO
References Stimson, 1988
Condition Good
Maker
ANDRE RVFFO
Notes One of two astrolabes recovered by a dredge in the Cadiz harbor, in 1981. Signed by Andre Ruffo and dated to 1648. Owner mark in the back, from Manuel Alvares o Novo.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
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ID 65
NMM No 65
CMAC No 65 Name Cadiz II
Waters/Stimson Type
-
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
unknown
Date Found
1981
Location
Private collector, possibly in the Netherlands
Dia - mm T - mm
-
W - gr
-
Scale
-
Marks
References Stimson 1988.
Condition ?
Maker
?
Notes One of two astrolabes recovered by a dredge in the Cadiz harbor, in 1981. No images of this astrolabe are known.
Image 1
Nationality ?
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ID 66
NMM No
CMAC No 66 Name Zacharchuk
Waters/Stimson Type
1a7
Date Made
Date Lost
1593
Shipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
Location
Unknown private collection
Dia - mm
186
T - mm
21
W - gr
3402
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * 1593 * 0014 * / Armillary Sphere
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered off Cuba by a Canadian Embassy Attaché on the beach in Cuba, in the 1970s. The finder brought the Astrolabe to Parks Canada office in Ottawa sometime in 1988, where it was photgraphed and measured. The mark "0014" is starnge and dificult to obse
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 67
NMM No
CMAC No 67 Name Seahawk I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
N. S. del Rosario y Buen Jesus?
Date Found
1980s
Location
Odyssey Marine
Dia - mm
186
T - mm
23/24
W - gr
3080
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Y DYAS
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Y DYAS
Notes Recovered by Seahawk from the Dry Tortugas Deep Water Wreck, possibly the Nuestra Senora del Rosario y Buen Jesus, sunk off Florida in 1622.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 68
NMM No
CMAC No 68 Name Seahawk II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
N. S. del Rosario y Buen Jesus?
Date Found
Location
Odyssey Marine
Dia - mm
171
T - mm
26
W - gr
3126
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Armillary Sphere
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Seahawk from the Dry Tortugas Deep Water Wreck, possibly the Nuestra Senora del Rosario y Buen Jesus, sunk off Florida in 1622.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese ?
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ID 69
NMM No
CMAC No 69 Name Seahawk III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1622
Shipwreck
N. S. del Rosario y Buen Jesus?
Date Found
1980s
Location
Odyssey Marine
Dia - mm
173
T - mm
21/23
W - gr
2540
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Seahawk from the Dry Tortugas Deep Water Wreck, possibly the Nuestra Senora del Rosario y Buen Jesus, sunk off Florida in 1622.
Image 1
Nationality
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 70
NMM No
CMAC No 70 Name Seahawk IV
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
Location
Odyssey Marine
Dia - mm
206
T - mm
14t/27b
W - gr
~3500
Scale
Obliterated
Marks
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Iberian
Notes Bought by Seahawk from another treasure hunter? This astrolabe is unprovenanced and not from the Dry Tortugas shipwreck.
Image 1
Nationality Iberian
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ID 71
NMM No
CMAC No 71 Name Lucayan I
Waters/Stimson Type
1a5
Date Made
1602
Date Lost
1628?
Shipwreck
Unknown, after 1627
Date Found
1993
Location
Port Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 1602
References John Brandon pers. comm. 2015.
Condition
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by John Brandon of Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1993, while digging a site tentatively identified as one of the small vessels seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 and lost on the way to Holland during a hurricane.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 72
NMM No
CMAC No 72 Name San Martin
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
1593
Date Lost
1618
Shipwreck
San Martin
Date Found
1993
Location
Private collection
Dia - mm
203
T - mm
16t/18b
W - gr
Scale
0-90-0
Marks 1593 / two Spanish stamps
References Corey Malcom pers. comm., 2015.
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found in 1993 by a salvage company working on the site tentatively identified as the 1618 Spanish ship San Martin, in Florida.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish
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ID 73
NMM No
CMAC No 73 Name Aveiro
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
1575
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1992
Location
Museo de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
197
T - mm
15t/19b
W - gr
2770
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Quintuple dots cross / 1575
References Garcia, 2005
Condition Good
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Found in Ria de Aviero, Portugal. Slightly damaged by its finder, who cleaned it with a hard mesh.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 74
NMM No
CMAC No 74 Name Mushrow II / Isle aux Morts II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
Date Lost
1617
Shipwreck
Unknown, after 1638
Date Found
1991
Location
Newfoundland Museum, Canada
Dia - mm
195
T - mm
17t/18b
W - gr
-
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks A […] / ADRIAN HOLLAND […] / 1617 / Four six-pointed stars on each horizontal spoke
References Garcia, 2005
Condition Good
Maker
ADRIAN HOLLAND
Notes Discovered by Wayne Mushrow in 1983 at the Isle aux Morts shipwreck. The marks are difficult to read from the pictures available.
Image 1
Nationality French
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ID 75
NMM No
CMAC No 75 Name Crocker Reef
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia3
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
Location
Unknown
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
-
Scale
Obliterated
Marks
References Garcia, 2005
Condition Eroded
Maker
Notes Some sources suggest it was found by treasure hunter Karl Fismer off Crocker Reef, Florida Keys. Unprovenanced. Offered at auction by Daniel Frank Sedwick in 2008.
Image 1
Nationality
Image 2: Image 3:
ID 76
NMM No
CMAC No 76 Name San Diego
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia3
Date Made
Date Lost
1600
Shipwreck
San Diego
Date Found
Location
National Museum, Manilla, Philippines
Dia - mm
183
T - mm
17t/18b
W - gr
2434
Scale
Unnumbered
Marks None
References Garcia, 2005
Condition Good
Maker
Portuguese ?
Notes Found by Franck Goddio's team at the site of the San Diego shipwreck, in the Philippines.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese ?
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ID 77
NMM No
CMAC No 77 Name Hatcher / Nassau
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia7
Date Made
Date Lost
1606
Shipwreck
Nassau?
Date Found
Location
Private owner
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
0-90-0/ 90-0-90
Marks Four fleurs de lys
References Sotheby's Catalogue, November 1995.
Condition Good
Maker
Iberian
Notes Auctioned by Sotheby’s in November 1995 as part of the collection of treasure hunter Michael Hatcher. Possibly salvaged from the site of the Dutch shipwreck Nassau, lost in 1606 near Malacca, Malaysia.
Image 1
Nationality Iberian
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ID 78
NMM No
CMAC No 78 Name SJB I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1606
Shipwreck
Nossa Senhora dos Mártires
Date Found
1995
Location
Museo de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
167
T - mm
16t/18b
W - gr
1690
Scale
obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Afonso 1998, Garcia 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Portugese?
Notes Recovered by Carlos Martins from São Julião da Barra, Tagus Mouth, Lisbon, on the site of the Portuguese Indiaman Pepper Werck, tentatively identified as the Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.
Image 1
Nationality Portugese?
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ID 79
NMM No
CMAC No 79 Name SJB II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date Lost
1606
Shipwreck
Nossa Senhora dos Mártires
Date Found
1995
Location
Museo de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
175
T - mm
22t/20b
W - gr
1769
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Obliterated
References Afonso 1998, Garcia 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Portuguese
Notes Recovered by Filipe Castro in the Winter of 1995 from the site of the Nossa Senhora dos Mártires at Tagus mouth, Lisbon.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 80
NMM No
CMAC No 80 Name Raza Library
Waters/Stimson Type
III
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Rampur Raza Library, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dia - mm
187
T - mm
11
W - gr
1870
Scale
Unmarked
Marks None
References Sarma, 2003.
Condition Good
Maker
Notes Unprovenanced. Although there is a scale in the upper half (180 degrees) it is not marked.
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Nationality
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ID 81
NMM No
CMAC No 81 Name SJB III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia3
Date Made
1605
Date Lost
1606
Shipwreck
Nossa Senhora dos Mártires
Date Found
1995
Location
Museo de Marinha, Lisbon
Dia - mm
174
T - mm
20t/21b
W - gr
2843
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 1605 * / * / G
References Afonso 1998, Garcia 2005.
Condition
Maker
Portugese
Notes Recovered by Filipe Castro in the Winter of 1995 from the site of the Nossa Senhora dos Mártires at Tagus mouth, Lisbon. Mark "G" is located beneath the ballast, at the bottom of the wheel.
Image 1
Nationality Portugese
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ID 82
NMM No
CMAC No 82 Name Christie's 1994
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Possibly
Date Found
Location
Unknown
Dia - mm
175
T - mm W - gr
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Garcia, 2005; Christie's Catalog, Lot 536
Condition Eroded
Maker
Iberian
Notes Unprovenanced. Possibly a fake. Sold by Christie's in 1994 for 2,200 pounds. The auction house suggested that it has been partially melted, perhaps during the wreck.
Image 1
Nationality Iberian
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ID 83
NMM No
CMAC No 83 Name Museo Naval
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
2001
Location
Museo Naval, Madrid
Dia - mm
205
T - mm
15
W - gr
Scale
0-90-0
Marks Five eight-pointed stars on the crown and several on the horizontal posts.
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition Good
Maker
Spanish?
Notes Unprovenanced. Acquired by the Naval Museum from Sotheby's in 2001.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish?
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ID 84
NMM No
CMAC No 84 Name Passapau
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
1645
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1999
Location
Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia, USA
Dia - mm
171.5
T - mm
22
W - gr
2820
Scale
90-0-90
Marks * / * 16 * 45 * / * / * NICOLAO RVFFO *
References Garcia, 2005.
Condition
Maker
Portugese
Notes Recovered by treasure hunting company Arqueonautas SA off coast of Sao Tiago, in the Cape Verde archipelago, in 1999, and sold through Sotheby's to the Mariner's Museum at Newport News. Originally silverplated, but inadequate conservation by the salvors r
Image 1
Nationality Portugese
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ID 85
NMM No
CMAC No 85 Name Ile Brehat
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia8
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
Location
Unknown
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Marks Obliterated
References
Condition Eroded
Maker
Notes Unprovenanced. Recovered off Northern Brittany, France.
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Nationality
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ID 86
NMM No
CMAC No 86 Name Ines de Soto I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
1555
Date LostShipwreck
Ines de Soto
Date Found
1996
Location
Museo Castillo de la Real Fuerza, La Habana, Cuba
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
0-90-0
Marks three stars / 1555 / two stars / Quintuple star cross / Spanish stamp / three stars / on the preserved horizontam post a quintuple star cross
References Garcia 2005.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Carisub from a mid-16th century shipwreck at Los Colorados Archipelago, Pinar del Rio, off the northern Cuban coast.
Image 1
Nationality Spanish
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ID 87
NMM No
CMAC No 87 Name Ines de Soto II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Ines de Soto
Date Found
1996
Location
Museo Castillo de la Real Fuerza, La Habana, Cuba
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Garcia 2005
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Carisub from a mid-16th century shipwreck at Los Colorados Archipelago, Pinar del Rio, off the northern Cuban coast.
Image 1
Nationality
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ID 88
NMM No
CMAC No 88 Name Francisco Padre I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Francisco Padre
Date Found
Location
Museo Naval, Madrid
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Marks
References
Condition
Maker
Notes A picture shows astrolabes 88 and 97, respectively Francisco Padre I and Francisco Padre II, at the time of their recovery, perhaps in 1994, from a late 16th century shipwreck found near Cabo San Antonio, on the western coast of Cuba. Acquired by the Muse
Image 1
Nationality
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ID 89
NMM No
CMAC No 89 Name São Bento
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
1554
Shipwreck
São Bento
Date Found
Location
Private collection
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Paul Brandt pers. comm. 2013.
Condition
Maker
Unknown
Notes In a private collection. Recovered from the site of the shipwreck of the Portuguese Indiaman S. Bento, at Msikaba, South africa.
Image 1
Nationality
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ID 90
NMM No
CMAC No 90 Name Rio Grande do Norte
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia4
Date Made
1656
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
Location
Private collection
Dia - mm
166
T - mm
23
W - gr
2240
Scale
90-090
Marks * / * 16 [stamp] 56 * / * / A / GOYS
References Budsberg et al. 2016
Condition Eroded
Maker
A GOYS
Notes Signed by Agostinho de Gois Raposo. Believed to have been salvaged from a shipwreeck in Brazil and illegally exported to the US. It is very similar to the two known astrolabes recovered from the Santíssimo Sacramento shipwreck site, in Bahia, Brazil. Auct
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 91
NMM No
CMAC No 91 Name Oranjemund I
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
1533
Shipwreck
Bom Jesus
Date Found
2008
Location
Oranjemund, Namibia
Dia - mm
175
T - mm
9t/11b
W - gr
1400
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Mowa Eliot pers. comm. 2015.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Notes One of three found in the Oranjemund Diamond Mines, in southern Namibia, on the Bom Jesus shipwreck site, lost in 1533.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
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ID 92
NMM No
CMAC No 92 Name Oranjemund II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
1533
Shipwreck
Bom Jesus
Date Found
2008
Location
Oranjemund, Namibia
Dia - mm
180
T - mm
11
W - gr
2100
Scale
0-90-0
Marks Obliterated
References Mowa Eliot pers. comm. 2015.
Condition Concretd
Maker
Unknown
Notes One of three found in the Oranjemund Diamond Mines, in southern Namibia, on the Bom Jesus shipwreck site, lost in 1533.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
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ID 93
NMM No
CMAC No 93 Name Oranjemund III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date Lost
1533
Shipwreck
Bom Jesus
Date Found
2008
Location
Oranjemund, Namibia
Dia - mm
200
T - mm
6t/9b
W - gr
900
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Mowa Eliot pers. comm. 2015.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes One of three found in the Oranjemund Diamond Mines, in southern Namibia, on the Bom Jesus shipwreck site, lost in 1533.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese?
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ID 94
NMM No
CMAC No 94 Name ARS
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia8
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
2011
Location
Dominican Minister of Culture's office in Santo Domingo
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Bobby Pritchett and Jason Lowell pers. comm.
Condition Concreted
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found off the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic, near Juancho, in December of 2011. In conservation.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 95
NMM No
CMAC No 95 Name Lake Hipocee
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5?
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
Historical Museum of South Florida
Dia - mm T - mm
11t
W - gr
Scale
?-90-?
Marks None on the fragment preserved
References
Condition Fragment
Maker
Unknown
Notes Found at an unknown native American archaeological site.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 96
NMM No
CMAC No 96 Name Liddy
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia6
Date Made
1568
Date Lost
1606?
Shipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
Location
Private Collection
Dia - mm
272
T - mm
18
W - gr
Scale
Obliterated
Marks * / * Star in a box * / * / * / * 1568 * / possible star; on left ballast possible quituple star mark (only four shown)
References
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Possibly salvaged from a 1606 shipwreck sunk in Malaysia; Also known as Pednathize Head Astrolabe.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 97
NMM No
CMAC No 97 Name Fransisco Padre II
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date Lost
a.1578
Shipwreck
Francisco Padre
Date Found
1995
Location
Museo Castillo de la Real Fuerza, La Habana, Cuba
Dia - mm
186
T - mm W - gr
3168
Scale
90-0-90
Marks Several stars /Armillary sphere / SEBASTIAO DE GOIS
References Pers. comm. A. Mirabal, 2015
Condition Good
Maker
SEBASTIAO DE GOIS
Notes A picture shows astrolabes 88 and 97, respectively Francisco Padre I and Francisco Padre II, at the time of their recovery, perhaps in 1994, from a late 16th century shipwreck found near Cabo San Antonio, on the western coast of Cuba.
Image 1
Nationality Portuguese
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ID 98
NMM No
CMAC No 98 Name Delalande
Waters/Stimson Type
Not Ap.
Date Made
1643
Date LostShipwreck
No
Date Found
Location
France, Private Collection
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
0-90-0-90-0
Marks *AD * 1643 *
References
Condition Good
Maker
Unknown
Notes Sold at auction in Paris by the Delalande gallery in Nov 2012; Unprovinienced. "En sus de son alidade mobile, cet astrolabe possède également une alidade fixe qui pourrait permettre de vérifier la bonne gravité de l’instrument par rapport à l’horizon."
Image 1
Nationality French?
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ID 99
NMM No
CMAC No 99 Name Tenerife
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
1946?
Location
Private Collection
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Information by Vicente Benitez Cabrera, 2013.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Allegedly found on the place of the old "Puerto de Garachico" possibly in 1946, possibly by Domingo Miranda y Miranda and Vicente Álvarez Henríquez, while digging a well.
Image 1
Nationality Unknwon
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ID 101
NMM No
CMAC No 100 Name Funchal
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia2
Date Made
1595
Date LostShipwreck
Probably
Date Found
Location
Private collection
Dia - mm
188
T - mm W - gr
3570
Scale
90-0-90
Marks GOIS 1595 / Armillary sphere
References
Condition Good
Maker
GOIS
Notes Unknown. Allegedly purchased in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in 1956; Auctioned in 2014 at Charles Miller Ltd., London (£70.000).
Image 1
Nationality Portugese
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ID 102
NMM No
CMAC No 101 Name Cadiz III
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia5
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown
Date Found
2013
Location
Spain
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Marks Not discernible in the picture
References Pers. comm. Maria Intxaustegui, 2015.
Condition Good
Maker
Notes In conservation treatment in Spain; Found in 2013 during rescue archaeology works at Cadiz, on the remains of a military vessel tentatively dated to the 17th century.
Image 1
Nationality
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ID 103
NMM No
CMAC No 102 Name Ines de Soto III
Waters/Stimson Type
Unknown
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Ines de Soto
Date Found
1996
Location
Museo Castillo de la Real Fuerza, La Habana, Cuba
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Marks
References
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by Carisub from a mid-16th century shipwreck at Los Colorados Archipelago, Pinar del Rio, off the northern Cuban coast. It is not known if this alidade belongs to the CMAC87 astrolabe, or to a third astrolabe.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 104
NMM No
CMAC No 103 Name Lucayan II
Waters/Stimson Type
Unknown
Date Made
Date Lost
1628?
Shipwreck
Unknown, after 1627
Date Found
1980
Location
Port Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Marks
References John Brandon pers.comm. 2015.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes Recovered by John Brandon of Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1980, from the place where an astrolabe without alidade was removed by American sport divers.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 105
NMM No
CMAC No 104 Name Lady Burgess
Waters/Stimson Type
Unknown
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Unknown / Lady Burgess
Date Found
2000
Location
Lady Burgess (1806) shipwreck site, João Valente Reef, Cape Verde.
Dia - mm T - mm W - gr
Scale
Marks
References Pers. comm. Alejandro Mirabal, 2015.
Condition Eroded
Maker
Unknown
Notes 94 mm long. Distance between sights 59 mm. No astrolabe was found nearby.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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ID 106
NMM No
CMAC No 105 Name MIA
Waters/Stimson Type
Ia1
Date Made
Date LostShipwreck
Probably
Date Found
Location
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
Dia - mm
568
T - mm
15
W - gr
4500
Scale
Obliterated
Marks Obliterated
References Pers. comm. Marc Peletreau, 2015.
Condition
Maker
Unknown
Notes Very large specimen in the collections of the Doha Islamic Art Museum. Unprovenanced.
Image 1
Nationality Unknown
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