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N° d'objet
A-191
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Nom d'objet
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Titre
Magnetic Compass: Far Eastern
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Créateur
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Description
Made in China for an English market. Similar to Chinese compasses A-60 and M-475. Turned cylindrical box with pressure fitting lid. Concentric circles on lid. Compass bowl painted silver. Rose of 8 points. Blued needle type 56. Glass missing. Three holes in compass box.
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ISBN
Owned by Admiral Robert E. Peary, who used the compass in 1893 and 1895 on his first two expeditions to the North Pole.
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Matériel
Unsigned.
Marked with English initials in outer rim. Initials cut into wood, then painted and lacquered.
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Matériel
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Sujet
China
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