Observer using nocturnal Stock Image

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Description

Observer using nocturnal at Cosmographicus Liber by Petrus Apianus, 1530

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Keywords

• nocturnal
• instrument
• local time
• positions
• stars
• night sky
• horologium nocturnum
• nocturlabe
• piloting
• calculating tides
• Petrus Apianus
• Cosmographicus Liber
• illustration
• observer
• 16th Century
• wooden
• tools
• precision mechanism
• meticulous artistic design
• analog calculator
• astronomy
• measure
• altitude
• celestial body
• latitude
• marine
• history
• science
• navigators
• oceanographic studies
• maritime history
• item
• discoveries
• explorations
• maritime routes
• 1530