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Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenGordon of Straloch's astrolabe, probably dating from 1460, with Robertius Gordonius on rim
T.1947.27
c. 1460
Previous owner: Gordon of Straloch
Mary Queen of Scots (28 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
National Museum of Scotland
Macdonald, A. & Morrison-Low, A.D., A Heavenly Library: Treasures from the Royal Observatory's Crawford Collection. Edinburgh: Royal Observatory & NMS, 1994, p 25
Cumming, A.S., 'Gordon of Straloch's Astrolabe' in Scottish Geographical Magazine 42 (1926) pp 79-82
For Gordon's map-mapping contribution, see Royal Scottish Geographical Society, The Early Maps of Scotland to 1850. Edinburgh: 1973, pp 44-53, 138