Folosim cookie-uri pentru a îmbunătăți experiența pe site. Pentru detalii, citește Politica de confidențialitate.

Spanish Armada-era astrolabe returns to Scilly after mysterious global journey

16.11.2025 14:30 | The Guardian World

Navigation aid from 16th century was on seabed for centuries before being bought and sold in US and AustraliaIt spent hundreds of years languishing on the seabed off the Isles of Scilly in the far south-west of Britain before being hauled back to the surface by divers and setting off a circumnavigation of the world.Finally the Pednathise Head astrolabe – a rare example of a 16th-century navigational instrument once used by sailors to determine latitude – is back on Scilly after being rediscovered on the other side of the Atlantic. Continue reading...

🔗 Citește articolul complet pe The Guardian World