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The pirate hunter's cup
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
The art of piracy: imagining the world of Zheng Yi Sao
A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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Discover what to see in the night sky this April, from the Lyrid meteor shower to bright inner planets, and more.
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armament accessory, ethnographic: shield
Coin - penny
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documentary artifact: coin, commemorative
documentary artifact: ship plan: docking(part)
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Sun compass
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, sun
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water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
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Bell, Charles Davidson
Bird, Henry P.
Caney, Benjamin William
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J. Barnett & Co.
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Philips Orient S A
Schenck, Emil Ernst Friedrich T
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Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa
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Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa
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Azalea (1971)
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A Naval battery at one of the emplacements outside Ladysmith during the siege. (Roll film negative)
A view overlooking the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A half length portrait of a 6 year girl named Cheryl at Cape Point in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A large number of parked cars in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A distant front view of the South African National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view of the Kommetje Hotel near Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view overlooking the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Castle Military Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Three baboons climbing onto a car in the Cape Point Nature Reserve near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Seafarer's Club Building in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
The entrance to the Governor's Quaters inside the Castle Military Museum complex in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
An obscured view of the Tikvath Israel Synagogue in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Driving along Chapman's Peak Drive in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A display of fish inside the Natural History Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A street view in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Natal cotton field (Photograph)
'Dwelling Tent immediately under the Station peak on Riebecks Kasteel' (Print)
Shield
Sun compass
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