Calculating Sun's Elevation, Dell'Arcano del Mare, 1648
Sketch depicting a method of calculating the sun's elevation. From Dell'Arcano del Mare by English explorer and cartographer Sir Robert Dudley. This 17th-century maritime encyclopaedia contains the first atlas of the whole world and was the first to use the Mercator projection. It was published in Italian at Florence in 1645 and 1646
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50658266
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50658266
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2835px x 3225px
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© Science Source / Mary Evans Picture Library
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Science Source
Date
1648
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1645 1646 1648 1649 Calculating Dell Dudley Elevation Mare Nautical Navigating Positions Seventeenth Suns
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