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The navigational instruments used by Magellan's Armada de Molucca are listed in the book of F.H.H. Guillemard is in the book, ''The Life of Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe 1480-1521''. London: 1890, Pages 329-336. (Click http://www.archive.org/details/lifeofferdinandm90guil)

The list includes:

1) 7 charts constructed by the orders of Ruy Falero

2) 11 charts made by Nuno Garcia by order of Magellan

3) 6 charts ordered by Falero and 1 sent to the King

4) 6 wooden quadrant made by Falero

5) 1 wooden quadrant by Falero

6) 1 planisphere ordered by Magellan for the King

7) 6 metal astrolabes with rulers

8) 15 compass needles

9) 15 wooden quadrants, bronze-fitted

10) Leather case for planisphere

12) 12 hour glasses

13) 6 pairs of compasses

14) 2 more compass needles

15) 4 large boxes for compasses

16) 16 more compass needles sent by Benaldino del Castillo

17) 6 hour glasses

Guillemard's list was based on what is found in Martin Fernandez de Navarette's 'Colección de los viages y descubrimientos que hicieron por mar los españoles desde, fines del siglo XV, con varios documentos inéditos concernientes á la historia de la marina castellana y de los establecimientos españoles en Indias, Tomo IV', click http://www.archive.org/details/coleccibonviages04navarich. It's found on Page 8.

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