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Apa 'apai
armament, ethnographic: club, war
armament, ethnographic: club, war(paddle shaped)
armament, ethnographic: patu(truncheon)
armament t&e, artillery: gun
astronomical t&e: telescope (20ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomical reflector)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
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documentary artifact: coin, commemorative
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
drafting t&e: slate, writing
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food processing t&e: poi(breadfruit pounder)
food service t&e: bottle
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Georgian, Full hull model
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NAV1461
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Oil Dish
One day marine timekeeper
one day marine timekeeper.
original art: sculpture: bust
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Painting
Pakipaki
Panel
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personal gear: chest, sea
personal gear: glass, reading
personal gear: whisk, fly
Photograph album
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Pololu
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Table globe
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timekeeper: chronometer(K3)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K2)
Toki
visual communication t&e: code, signal
War club
Watch 'K2'
water transport: cargo vessel: brig, missionary
water transport: exploration/research vessel: brig
water transport: exploration/research vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 24 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: canoe, war
water transport: fighting vessel: canoe, war (Maori)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel: fishing boat
water transport: local craft (Society Islands)
water transport: local craft (Tahiti)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: sails set)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: scenic)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: muscle-powered vessel: oar, 6
water transport: muscle powered vessel: canoe, war
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Gilbert & Ellis Islands)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Polynesian)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger dugout (Te Puke)
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Arnold, John Roger
Bird, John
Bligh, William
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Cook landing at Nootka Sound, 1778
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John Wesley 1846
John Williams 1844 (missionary ship)
Lady Nelson 1799
Resolution (purchased 1771)
Royal Naval uniform regulations 1774-87: Officers (undress)
Zeewyck 1726 (Dutch East Indiaman)
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Adams, John
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Australian Landscape Touring Exhibition
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Brook Street ?
Columbus, Christopher
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'View of Resolution [Vaitahu] Bay in the Marquesas' (Painting)
Apa 'apai
Fue
Apa 'apai
Pakipaki
Apa 'apai
Lady Nelson (1799); Passenger vessel; Brig (Full hull model; Frame model)
'View of the Islands of Otaha [Taaha] and Bola Bola [Bora Bora] with Part of the Island of Ulietea [Raiatea]' (Painting)
Captain James Cook, 1728-79 (Painting)
Passenger vessel; Logboat, native American (Full hull model)
Gun, 4-pdr (Gun)
Bottle
Pistol bullet ('bullet weight') (Bullet)
Endeavour (1768); Bark (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Cutaway model; Plank-on-frame)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Sextant case
Sextant (Sextant)
A-frame telescopic (Theodolite)
Octant
Case
K3 (Marine timekeeper)
Quadrant (Telescope)
Kotiate
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