sextant

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1852

Sextant used by Thomas H. Wright, who was a ship captain tha sailed out of Oakland and Berkeley and lived in the hills above Piedmont. The sextant is in its original case (2010.66.2) which has...

sextant

Sextant

From the History Information Station:

Object: Sextant, used to measure the altitude of the sun from which geographical positions can be calculated for mapping and boundary...