Portable Magellan GPS NAV 1000 Plus

portable Global Positioning System instrument

INSTRUMENTS
Magellan Systems Corporation
USA, CA
1991
plastic; metal
overall: 9 x 5 x 2 1/8 in.

Portable Global Positioning System instrument, Magellan GPS NAV 1000 Plus; serial number PL9004530; black "rubber" top and bottom with white plastic body; black buttons and blue ON/OFF and LIGHT buttons; prints at bottom of instruction panel on back "© 1991 MAGELLAN SYSTEMS CORP./ Monrovia, California Made in the USA"; with blue carrying case and note pad 2005.17.7-8. Used by William Pinkney during his 1990-1992 solo sailing voyage around the world aboard his Valiant 47 sloop COMMITMENT, the first African American solo circumnavigation.

2005.17.6