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A Matter of Life and Death
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armament t&e, ammunition: cover, gun(gun or sword cover) ?
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personal gear: square, blanket(1 of 5)
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relic, animal: zoological specimen: hare, stuffed arctic
relic, animal: zoological specimen: hide, ox
relic, animal: zoological specimen: musk ox head, stuffed(mounted on board)
relic, animal: zoological specimen: pelt(1 of 6)
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket
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water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)
water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel
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water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
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King, Phillip Parker
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Moss, Edward Lawton
Owen, WiIliam Fitzwilliam
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W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd
Ward, Marcus, & Co
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Harley, Daniel William, Daniel William
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Nares, George Strong
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Peterson, N. C.
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Eugenie Helmet (Balaclava)
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South America west coast. Patagonia Guia narrows to Concepcion channel from surveys by Captain P.P. King and Commander P. Stokes RN HM ships Adventure and Beagle 1828-30, and Captain J.P. Maclear RN HMS Alert 1879 etc. (Chart)
South Pacific. Fiji Islands. Ovalau Island. Levuka Harbour. Surveyed by Capt. JP Maclear... HMS Alert 1880. (Chart)
Alert (1856) (Technical drawing)
Alert (1856) (Technical drawing)
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