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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
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A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
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Exploring the Arctic
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Artificial Glass Horizon
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
astronomical t&e: telescope, pocket: telescope, achromatic
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Backstaff vane
Backstaf vane
Bearing compass plate
Box Sextant
Box Sextant lid
Callipers
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Compass and binnacle
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drafting t&e: protractor
Dry card compass
Dry compass
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Look-out telescope
Lookout telescope
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Non-achromatic telescope
Octant
Officer of the Watch telescope
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic ?)
Pocket compass
Pocket telescope
Pocket telescope base of case
Pocket telescope lid of case
Pocket telescope objective lens cap
Portable telescope
Protractor
Screws for bearing plate compass
Sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon
surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(experimental)
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: glass, log
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, box
Telescope
water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)
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Gilbert & Sons
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851
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Exploration and Cultural Encounters
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Cook, James
Doran, Albert
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Gilbert, George
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Harrison, Paymaster Edward Newell
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Azimuth Circle
Pocket sextant (Box Sextant)
Pocket telescope
Pocket sextant (Box Sextant)
Octant
Sextant
Screws for bearing plate compass
Pocket compass
Dry card compass
Pocket compass
Log glass
Day or night telescope
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Protractor
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Pocket telescope lid of case
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Backstaff
Black glass artificial horizon (Artificial Glass Horizon)
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