An astrolabe was a navigation device that sailors used to guide them through the seas by looking at the position of the stars in the sky.
Recently, a group of explorers have found the oldest known astrolabe so far. It was recovered from the wreck of Esmeralda, one of the ships in Vasco da Gama's armada.
(Image credit: David Mearns/University of Warwick)
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