This high quality hand held pirate telescope features a brass body and comes with an ornate wooden box. You can use this telescope to see a clear detailed image of a faraway object or landscape. Delivered in its own highly decorative box this telescope extends to approximately 15.5" in length. The magnification capabilities of this telescope are in the 12x range.
A telescope collects electromagnetic radiation to help us look at far away objects in detail. 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.
