This high quality 15" Silver hand held telescope features a brass body and is completed by a handcrafted leather handle. You can use this telescope to see a clear detailed image of a faraway object or landscape. The telescope comes with a wooden storage box. It has a magnification of 12x. This telescope is meant to be a replica of those used by pirates and explorers years ago.
The 17th century brought with it the first known functional telescopes which were created in the Netherlands. Giovanni Demisiani, the Greek mathematician first popularized the word telescope in 1611.
