The Rio Grande do Norte Astrolabe Academic Article

abstract

• 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York. The Rio Grande do Norte astrolabe may have been found in Brazilian waters, although its provenance is unclear. It was bought and sold at auction in the Unites States in 2011, and the instrument represents a well-preserved specimen within a small and poorly understood collection of published marine astrolabes. It is signed by Agostinho de Goes Raposo, a member of a line of documented Portuguese astrolabe makers, and dated to 1656. This paper relates the condition, treatment, and ethical situation of the artifact, and hopes to advance our understanding of this class of navigation instruments.

authors

• Vieira-De-Castro, Luis

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Budsberg, N., Jobling, J., & Castro, F.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Budsberg, Nicholas||Jobling, James||Castro, Filipe

publication date

• June 2016

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Historical Archaeology  Journal

keywords

• Astrolabe
• Brazil
• Ethics
• Goes/gois/goys Family
• Marine Artifact
• Navigation Instrument
• Unprovenanced Artifacts

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10761-016-0332-y

start page

• 405

end page

• 421

volume

• 20

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10761-016-0332-y