poster on early modern navigation, Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Date: before 1994
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1141b
Classification: Chart
Subject:
Maker: Whipple Museum of the History of Science (founded 1944)
Maker: James A. Bennett (content) (born 1947)
Maker: Partners (graphic design) (late 20th century)
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Dimensions:
0.1 x 50.1 x 68.2 cm (1/16 x 19 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.)
Material:
Description:
This is a blue and white poster describing the development of navigation in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. It is illustrated by facsimiles of six period prints (arranged along the left and right edges of the blue portion of the poster ), a drawing of a navigator using a cross-staff (bottom center), and photographs of a sixteenth-century Portuguese mariner's astrolabe (center) and a Portuguese variation compass (bottom center).
The poster, produced by the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, highlights that museum's collection of early modern navigational instruments.
The poster, produced by the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, highlights that museum's collection of early modern navigational instruments.
Signedat the bottom of the poster: WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY J.A. BENNETT. PUBLISHED BY THE WHIPPLE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION, LISBON. DESIGNED BY "PARTNERS."
Inscribedat the top of the poster: PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS in the AGE of DISCOVERIES;
top center: Navigation
top center: Navigation
Curatorial RemarksSee also similar posters on astronomy (1998-1-1141a), surveying (1998-1-1141c), and cartography (1998-1-1141d).
