The Derrotero was an earlier Spanish version of what became the English Rutter, a mariner's handbook of sailing directions. Captain and Krewe were under orders to toss weighted Rutters overboard should they come under attack. These priceless records of coastlines were passed down from generation to generation.
Ports and landmarks were written on the wheel in the order a sailing ship would come across them. More than one coast line could be recorded on a single Derrotero.
It looks like a wheel of chance from the boardwalk to me.
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