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The Navigational Instruments gallery at Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Het ScheepvaartmuseumOostelijke Eilanden

The Navigational Instruments

Now showingPermanent collection€20

Astrolabes, cross-staffs, octants and sextants under a starry sky in the east wing: how sailors found their way by sun, moon and stars until the 20th century.

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