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There is a common misconception in the appearance of the astrolabe. Most people are more familiar with the mariner's astrolabe, a similar device invented to make reading location easier on the rough seas.<ref>Waters, David Watkin, The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times, Yale University Press, 1958</ref>

There is a common misconception in the appearance of the astrolabe. Most people are more familiar with the mariner's astrolabe, a similar device invented to make reading location easier on the rough seas.<ref>Waters, David Watkin, The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times, Yale University Press, 1958</ref>

'''''Astrolabe''''' is the name of the [[France|French]] [[Antarctic]] research and re-supply vessel, based in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]. Before that, it was the name of one of the vessels used by [[La Perouse]] in his ill-fated voyage of discovery into the [[Pacific]] in 1885/88.

'''''Astrolabe''''' is the name of the [[France|French]] [[Antarctic]] research and re-supply vessel, based in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]. Before that, it was the name of one of the vessels used by [[La Perouse]] in his ill-fated voyage of discovery into the [[Pacific]] in 1785/88.

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