Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the ...
It may not seem as exciting as the record for the longest fingernails or largest collection of dinosaur poo, but a recent verification by Guinness World Records is a big deal for history buffs. As ...
The Warwick Manufacturing Group, an academic department at the University of Warwick, is usually concerned with the future. Its researchers use high-resolution lasers and 3D visualizations to create ...
The astrolabe is a rare and highly sophisticated navigational tool. David L. Mearns – Blue Water Recoveries Ltd. In 2014, a team of archaeologists discovered the sunken remains of a 500-year-old ...
Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the ...
In 1503, a storm sank the Portuguese ship Esmeralda off the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, taking the lives of the crew. In 2014, divers and archaeologists returned to the wreck to ...
March 18 (UPI) --Guinness World Records has verified that a mariner's astrolabe recovered from the wreckage of a sunken Portuguese armada ship is indeed the earliest of its kind. Researchers with the ...
Years ago, an object resembling an astrolabe was pulled from the wreckage of the Esmeralda, a Portuguese ship that was lost to the Indian Ocean in 1503, notes the BBC. Scanning technology recently ...
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest example of an ‘Astrolabe’ - an early navigational tool that was used by sailors during the 15th Century. Used by sailors to ...