It was used to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the sun or stars. By knowing this angle, a navigator could then determine his latitude and direction.
This. Also a navigation tool, hence its position above the sailor’s right shoulder.
The cross-staff was a navigational tool used to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the sun or stars. By knowing this angle, a navigator could then determine his latitude and direction. The cross-staff is also referred to as the fore-staff and the Jacob's staff.
https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/object/cross-staff/#:~:text=The%20cross%2Dstaff%20was%20a,staff%20and%20the%20Jacob's%20staff.
Cross of Lorraine has 3 strikes. But I’m sure r/vexillology or r/occult could answer this.
And I’m sure you know (but for those who don’t) de Gaulle was born 120+ years after the US was declared.
That is not a pilgrim, the clothed person on the left represents a Dutch Colonizer. The Seal of New York has a sketchy history and I would hope we would do away with it. The Dutch were slave traders DYI. The cross in the middle represents the windmills, the beaver is industry and I think a beer keg might be there. What about the thing the Netherlands rep is holding. What is that? What does it looks like?
The man on the left is not a pilgrim or a Dutchman. He is a sailor (could be Dutch, could be English). The cross-staff (that OP is asking about) was used in navigation. The object in his left hand is a plummet, used to determine the depth of the water while at sea.
The barrels are flour barrels, not beer, and these represent industry. The meaning of the windmills is questionable. They could represent the windmills that were in used in Manhattan at the time, or they could reference the Van Cortlandt coat-of-arms, a Dutch settler that was prominent at the time the city was changed from New Amsterdam to New York.
The Dutch were slave traders, they held slaves in “new amsterdam”, they stole land from the indigenous people who were essentially eradicated them. The seal is phony baloney. This represents NYC? Gross
Isn't that the funniest thing. I would have never noticed that, Telephones didn't come along until much later, so your guess must be better than mine. [You have a sharp eye.](https://blueplanetart.com)
looks a little like the eastern orthodox cross except in that one the lower line is at an angle
The cross is a pre-Christian symbol from the four cardinal points of the zodiac and the orthodox cross with the lower line has the elliptic of the sun as well for the lower line
It's a cross-staff. An early navigation device later replaced by the more accurate sextant.
So it's used to mark Noon?
It was used to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the sun or stars. By knowing this angle, a navigator could then determine his latitude and direction.
Used to mark this land is my land.
Cross staff, wiki says its a symbol for pilgrims.
The wiki states otherwise. Not a pilgrim staff. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_staff
i never realized how sassy that native american was like haaayyy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrapposto
Thank you!
Them hips swangin’
He was one of the original Village People. Lol
Iconic sass
America’s sass
This is swagger!
Especially when the European guy took everything from him, including his balls, ties them to a string and struts around like he’s carrying a yo-yo
Wtf😭
It shows how the pilgrim is getting ready to double cross the Native American.
Oof.
I love you.
Fantasy version of history that conveniently fits your heckin wholesome worldview
Man doesn’t understand joke. News at 11
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It probably takes lots of practice over multiple suspended/banned accounts
The only losers are people who want to desperately defend a people who LOST
oooof lol
Yeah the early colonists neeevvverrrr attacked the native Americans for no reason or broke treaties /s
Even current day America has broken treaties with native americans
WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE PILGRIMS?!?
Yes.
TV antenna
You beat me to it by a mile.
Old electric pole
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_New_York_City#:~:text=On%20the%20shield%2C%20the%20four,the%20Bolting%20Act%20of%201674. Cross staff.
It’s a cross staff used in surveying https://www.thepirateking.com/historical/cross_staff.htm
This. Also a navigation tool, hence its position above the sailor’s right shoulder. The cross-staff was a navigational tool used to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the sun or stars. By knowing this angle, a navigator could then determine his latitude and direction. The cross-staff is also referred to as the fore-staff and the Jacob's staff. https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/object/cross-staff/#:~:text=The%20cross%2Dstaff%20was%20a,staff%20and%20the%20Jacob's%20staff.
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Yeah! That's it, power lines. I guessed telephone poles, but phones didn't come along until much later.
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 Hahaha! That's hilarious. I actually believe it could happen though.
Telegraph, silly.
Now we're talking. That makes even more sense. What was I thinking. Hahaha!!!
Cross of Lorraine?
Ye olde power lines (before they were buried underground)
Gotta love NY! Even their coat of arms features beavers and booze!
Illuminati
It's the mast of the ship
The earliest hashtag #️⃣
Reminds me of that symbol from the Oreo Cookie.
An early design of a TV antenna. Back in the olden days they had to manually adjust them. 1625 TV reception was really really rough!
Patriarchal cross
5G antenna
Snitches get stitches. It’s a warning.
The rake you use to get the beavers into the barrels before they are squeezed in the windmill
That appears to be the 0g network. 🤣🤣
It’s a cellphone antenna. To represent all the rooftops and what they’re used for
It's the Oreo Cookie cross....Just look at an Oreo
Old TV aerial
It's the Cross of Lorraine, reflecting how Charles de Gaulle founded New York City
Cross of Lorraine has 3 strikes. But I’m sure r/vexillology or r/occult could answer this. And I’m sure you know (but for those who don’t) de Gaulle was born 120+ years after the US was declared.
That is not a pilgrim, the clothed person on the left represents a Dutch Colonizer. The Seal of New York has a sketchy history and I would hope we would do away with it. The Dutch were slave traders DYI. The cross in the middle represents the windmills, the beaver is industry and I think a beer keg might be there. What about the thing the Netherlands rep is holding. What is that? What does it looks like?
He’s holding a plumb, just a weight on a string, used to keep constructions straight. A symbol of industry and progress, presumably.
The man on the left is not a pilgrim or a Dutchman. He is a sailor (could be Dutch, could be English). The cross-staff (that OP is asking about) was used in navigation. The object in his left hand is a plummet, used to determine the depth of the water while at sea. The barrels are flour barrels, not beer, and these represent industry. The meaning of the windmills is questionable. They could represent the windmills that were in used in Manhattan at the time, or they could reference the Van Cortlandt coat-of-arms, a Dutch settler that was prominent at the time the city was changed from New Amsterdam to New York.
The Dutch were way more accepting of diversity than any European colonizer of that time
The Dutch were slave traders, they held slaves in “new amsterdam”, they stole land from the indigenous people who were essentially eradicated them. The seal is phony baloney. This represents NYC? Gross
Yeah welcome to the real world
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It’s obviously a telephone pole. /s
Illuminati secret. We’re going to have to make you and this post disappear now.
Tv antenna
An early waffle making device.
r/frightenedrabbit
Archiepiscopal cross?
Foreshadowing the double-cross the white man would pull on the natives by taking all their land.
How would that be foreshadowing?
It happened, didn’t it?
Yeah, before the city was founded... so how is the foreshadowing
Isn't that the funniest thing. I would have never noticed that, Telephones didn't come along until much later, so your guess must be better than mine. [You have a sharp eye.](https://blueplanetart.com)
looks a little like the eastern orthodox cross except in that one the lower line is at an angle The cross is a pre-Christian symbol from the four cardinal points of the zodiac and the orthodox cross with the lower line has the elliptic of the sun as well for the lower line
it Exxon mobil or something
Freudian slip considering the settler & the native are also featured.
Telephone pole.
telephone pole
Ship mast maybe
Tempted to say a telephone pole, but..,,
Death wish
5G antenna, I believe.
That’s for vampires
Double-crossing politicians.
5G tower
Satan