After Galileo binoculars gained increasingly in importance due to the
great advantages that «seeing into the distance» led to in a variety of
situations; at sea, in war and in peace time. For the whole of the
eighteenth century Italy, and Venice in particular, was the centre of
production for binoculars in papier mâaché, a relatively malleable material
which was preferred for a long time to brass.
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