Saturday, March 17, 2007

Navigational Equipment Secured

So I was tooling around this flea market in Johannesburg, South Africa, and I came across this fellow's stall who was selling "antique" navigational equipment (made in India). He had real sextants and the like - but given that our devices may not make it back from BM alive, I opted for the equally showy, but less functional, cheaper version. Above is the sextant (including nifty wooden storage box), a compass, and a sundial (it uses a compass and some other fancy stuff that I didn't really understand to tell time! Honest!). The sundial comes with a leather case, and all are shiny brass. Steam punk GPS.


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