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title: BALESTRIGLIA AND POLAR STAR

subject date: 2008-02-05

caption: SURF INSTRUMENTS Use of'balestriglia'per traguardare stars during the surf. For reference the constellation of the Orsa is used Smaller, of which the Polar star takes part. The stars, up most luminous came calls “the guards”, 16th century.

category: HIS

city: Europa

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

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country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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place: Europa

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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continent: Europa

image century : XVI

image epoch: Rinascimento

licence: RM

subject century: XVI

subject epoch: Rinascimento

technique: Xilografia colorata

id: 8503

file name: FSNgilardi_10578.jpg

keywords

instrumentssurfbalestrigliastarsmeasurementreferenceconstellationOrsa SmallerPolar starastronomygeographyguidelinemeasuring instrumentsnavigatorsrenaissance