This 15" Silver hand held telescope features a brass body and has a handcrafted leather handle. You can use this telescope to see faraway objects as if they were closer. The telescope comes with its own carrying case.
This telescope has 12x magnification. It is meant to be a replica of those used long ago by pirates and explorers.
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.
