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Sergio Díaz Ruiz uses satellite imagery to explore climate change by creating an image of Earth as it might be analysed by a distant alien civilisation
Master of disguise: how a Navy sailor escaped a Napoleonic prison
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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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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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De Gomme collection
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Duckworth collection
Duff collection
Ericsson collection
Globes
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Goodsall collection
Green Blackwall collection - charts
Henry Newton Stevens Atlantic Neptune collection
Hopton Hall collection
Lockyer collection
Loose maps and charts: general collection
Moriarty collection
Northey collection
Penrose collection
Pirelli collection
Portolans and loose charts on vellum
Printed atlases
STC collection
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Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840
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Astronomical regulators and precision clocks
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70Full hull model
?: brocade(fragment)
Alidade
armament t&e, ammunition: shell
armament t&e, firearm: pistol
armament t&e, firearm: rifle, gendarmerie
Armillary and polyhedral dial
Armillary planetarium
Armillary sphere
Armillary sphere case
AST0147
Astrolabe
Astronomical compendium
astronomical t&e: astrolabe
astronomical t&e: planetarium, armillary
astronomical t&e: planisphere
astronomical t&e: sphere, armillary
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic walking stick
astronomical t&e: telescope, galilean(combined telescope/sundial)
atlas
Atlas oversize
Augsburg dial
Badge
Barometer
Baseboard
Bearing Plate
Bearing Plate with alidade
Binoculars
Boat Gun
Boatswain's call
Box
BParts in a bag
Brocade
Builder's, Full hull model
Calendar
Cannon
Case
Case base
Case for barometer travelling set
Case lid
Cell
Chart
Cigarette papers
Cistern barometer
Cistern barometer screws
Classical coin
Clock
Clock box
Clockwork globe
Coin
Colour transparency
Combination clock
commemorative artifact: box, patch
compass, amplitude
Compass card
Compass card box
Compass dial
Conical Pendulum clock
Counter
Cruciform diptych dial
Current meter
Current Meter.
Cutlass
Deck watch
deck watch
Diptych dial
Dirk
Dividers
documentary artifact: chart
documentary artifact: counter, commemorative
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, clockwork
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, pocket
Double chest
drafting t&e: dividers
drafting t&e: dividers(set of two)
drafting t&e: dividers(spring compasses)
drafting t&e: dividers, proportional
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
drafting t&e: pantograph
drafting t&e: rule, measuring
drafting t&e: rule, parallel
drafting t&e: sector
drafting t&e: set square, folding
Drawing
Drawing instrument set
Dry card compass
Dry compass
Ecliptic ring
Ecliptic ring from glass celestial globe
Equinoctial dial
Etching
Facsimile
Figure group
Flint
Folding set square
food service t&e: glass, port
food service t&e: tea caddy
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame(?)
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled; Baseboard
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled; Lifeboat
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled; Parts in a bag
furniture: chest, double(on stand)
furniture: clock, mantel
furniture: mirror
Gallantry award
Gendarmerie Rifle
Glass celestial globe with planetarium
Glass celestial globe with tellurium
Glove
glove
Gloves
gloves [pair]
Graphometer
Graphometer case
Hand-held telescope
Hanger
Horary quadrant
Horizontal dial
Horizontal sun and moon pedestal dial
Hour-glass
Hour pointer
Inclining dial
Key
Level
Lid
Lifeboat
Life saving award
Lifesaving award
Liquid overhead compass
Liquid overhead compass - aircraft
Lodestone
Magnetic azimuth dial
Magnetic dial
Magnetic dial lid
Mantel clock
Map measurer
Marine chronometer
Mariner's compass
Measuring rule
Medal
medal, French: gallantry award: Croix de Guerre 1943
Medal box
Medal die
Metal framework
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(marine)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, cistern)
Miniature painting
Mirror
Model house
Mounting Cup
Mug
Naval reward
Navigational globe
Night sextant
Nocturnal
Non-achromatic telescope
Northern hemisphere
Northern hemisphere of a glass celestial globe
Northern hemisphere of glass celestial globe
Opisometer
optical t&e: binoculars, twin telescope
optical t&e: telescope
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
Order Case
original art: house, model
original art: painting, miniature
original art: statuette
Painting
Panel
Pantograph
Parallel rule
Part of metal framework
Parts in a bag
Patch box
Pendulum clock
Perpetual calendar
personal gear: papers, cigarette
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coat of arms, French
personal symbol: coronet, viscount's
Photograph album
Pins
Pistol
Planetarium
Planetarium, armillary
Planisphere
Plank-on-frame
Plank-on-frame(?)
Plate
Plinth
Plumb bob
Pocket globe
Pocket globe case
Pocket telescope
Pocket telescope objective lens cap
Pocket telescope objective lens cover
Pocket telescope objective lense cover
Pocket watch
Pocket watch and chain
Pocket watch movement
Portable telescope
Portable telescope cap
Portable time keeper
Port glass
Presentation Sword
Print
Printing plate
printing t&e: plate, printing(For printing compass cards)
Prismatic alidade
Prize medal
Proportional dividers
Quintant
Quintant adjusting key
Quintant box
Quintant box key
Quintant sight tube
Quintant spare draw tube
Quintant telescope
Recipiangle
Regiomontanus dial
Rigged model
Sails furled
Screws
Sector
Sextant
sextant
Sheet film negative
Shell
Ship's bell
Shotgun
Sizing scale
sound communication t&e: boatswain's call
Sourthern hemisphere
Sourthern hemisphere of glass celestial globe
Southern hemisphere of glass celestial globe
Spirit level
Spirit measure
Spode miniature
Spyglass telescope
Stand
Statuette
surveying & navigational t&e: alidade
surveying & navigational t&e: alidade, prismatic
surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate
surveying & navigational t&e: box, compass card
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid overhead
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, amplitude
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket: sundial, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, protractor: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: graphometer
surveying & navigational t&e: level
surveying & navigational t&e: level, spirit
surveying & navigational t&e: lodestone
surveying & navigational t&e: oceanographic instrument: bottle, water collecting
surveying & navigational t&e: oceanographic instrument: meter, current
surveying & navigational t&e: octant, night
surveying & navigational t&e: quadrant, horary
surveying & navigational t&e: recipiangle
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant: quintant
surveying & navigational t&e: traverse board
surveying & navigational t&e: trigometer(3 point geometrical compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: trigometer(Topographical instrument & sundial)
Sword
Table globe
Tea caddy
Telescope
Telescope eyepiece tube
Tiller
timekeeper: chronometer, marine
timekeeper: clock
timekeeper: clock(also compass, barometer and thermometer)
timekeeper: clock, carriage
timekeeper: clock, mantel
timekeeper: dial
timekeeper: movement, watch
timekeeper: watch, deck
timekeeper: watch, pocket
timekeeping t&e: astrolabe(Arabic)
timekeeping t&e: calculator, world time zone
timekeeping t&e: calendar
timekeeping t&e: calendar, perpetual
timekeeping t&e: dial
timekeeping t&e: dial(bird gnomon)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial(octagonal minute)
timekeeping t&e: dial(spherical)
timekeeping t&e: dial, astronomical compendium
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: dial, armillary
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: dial, horizontal
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: dial, moon
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, analemmatic
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, astronomical ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Augsburg
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, cruciform
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, equinoctial
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, horizontal
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, inclining
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, regiomontanus
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, string gnomon
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, vertical
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(5.5 minute)
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(15 minute)
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(20 minute)
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(30 minute)
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(60 minute)
timekeeping t&e: nocturlabe
timekeeping t&e: nocturnal
Token
Traverse board
Trigometer
Tripod
Tripod leg
Tripod Mounting Cup
Twin telescope binoculars
Universal equinoctial dial
Universal equinoctial ring dial
Upper half of the glass globe
Vase
Vertical disc dial
Walking stick telescope
War medal
Watch
Watch indicator
Watchstand
Water collecting bottle
water transport (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 52 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (French)
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler (French)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: scenic)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: motor vessel: turbo-electric, quadruple screw
water transport: passenger vessel: liner (French)
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted (French)
water transport accessory: bell, ship's
water transport accessory: tiller
weights & measures t&e: measure, spirit(decilitre)
weights & measures t&e: measurer, map
weights & measures t&e: scale, sizing(for measuring wooden planks or a shoemakers measure.)
Winding key
World time zone calculator
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aluminium?
anodised brass
anodized brass
black ink
blackprint
blued-steel
bone
boxwood
brass
brass, leather
bronze
bronze [part gilded]
card
card (mount)
cardboard
carved
cast bronze: wooden (replica) sea carriage
Cellulose acetate negative
Cellulose nitrate
Cellulose nitrate negative
cloth
coating: enamel
coating: gilt
coating: nickel
coating: varnish
colour wash
composite
compressed card
compressed printed cardboard
copper
copper plate engraved
copper wire
cotton
damascened steel
earthenware
ebony
electrotype-gilt
enamel
engraved
etching
flint
fruitwood
gilded brass
gilded bronze
gilded copper
gilded silver
gilt
gilt-brass
gilt brass
Gilt bronze
gilt copper
gilt metal
gilt or brass
glass
gold
graphite
hand-coloured
hand-coloured lithography
hardwood
horn
ink
inorganic
inorganic: mica
inscribed
iron
ivory
kid
lacquer
laminated
laminated card
lead
leather
line engraving
lithograph
lithograph, coloured
mahogany
marble
mercury
metal
Metal
metal-gilt
metal: brass
metal: brass, anodised
metal: brass;
metal: bronze
metal: copper
metal: enamel
metal: gilt
metal: iron
metal: lodestone
metal: pewter
metal: silver
metal: steel
metal: white metal
mica
oil on canvas
oil on canvas, frame
organic
organic: ivory
organic: paper
organic: wood: ebony
organic: wood: ebony, ?
paint
painted wood, cut-metal hand
pape
paper
papier mache
pewter
plaster
plastic
polished steel
Polyester negative
porcelain
possibly eggshell
printed paper
rayskin (shagreen)
ribbon
rivet
sand
seed pearls
sharkskin
silk
silver
Silver
silver?
silvered brass
silvered bronze
silver frosted
silver frosted metal
silver glass
silver wire
sreing
steel
string
synthetic: glass
textile
tin
varnish
vellum
velvet
walnut
watercolour
white metal
wood
wood: ebony
wood: oak
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Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
Display - QH
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Voyagers
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A. Chevalier
A. Garnier
A. Hamel & Co.
A. Stern
Abraham Louis Breguet & Fils
after Spirinx
Allain
Andrieu, Bertrand
Anonymous
Arnulphy, Claude
Arthus Bertrand
Atkinson, Thomas
Augustin Dupré, A
B., V.
Baron, Roger B.
Barre, Jean Jacques
Barré, Aristide
Bataille
Baudichon, René
Benard
Bernard, after T.
Bernard, J.
Bernard, T.
Bert, Paul
Berthoud, Ferdinand
Bird, Henry P.
Borrel, Valentin Maurice
Bottée, Louis Alexandre
Bovy, Jean-François-Antoine
Boyard
Brenet, N. G.
Brillie Freres
Butterfield, Michael
C.
C. Marey
C. Trotin
Captain Marion
Caqué, Armand Auguste
Cattin, Jean Baptiste
Causse, P.C.
Chaplain, J.C.
Chopitel
Cizarou, Antoine
Cochet, Robert
Coulaux & C. Klingenthal
D. Dupuis
Danfrie, Philippe
Danielis, Bernardi
Darmand, J.
Debuire
De Foy, Ligne
Delamarre, Raymond
Delaplante & Durand Brager
Denon, Vivant
Depaulis, Alexis Joseph
Depe, Laurent
Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine
Deroy, Isidore Laurent
Desaide, Alphonse
Dieudonné, Jacques-Augustin
Domard, Joseph-François
Droz, J.P.
Dubas, Pierre Michel Albert Laurent
Dubois, Charles Adrien
Dufour, J.B.
Dulac
Dumarest, Rambert
Dupré, Guillaume
Durand, A.
Durand-Brager, Jean Baptiste Henri
Duvivier, J.
Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin
E.E. Lindauer
Engelmann I, Godefroy
Everett, (Herbert Barnard) John
F., I.
F. M.
Ferrier, Antoine
Fortin, Jean
Galle, Andre
Gatteaux, N. M.
Gautrau
Gayrard, Raymond
Godemars Freres et Capt.
Grunberg
Guilmet
Guiraud, Georges
Guymard, P. I.
H.
Habermel, Erasmus
Hamel
Hanin Fils
Henri Dubois, H
Henry P. Bird
Hube
Hubert, Estienne
I., L.
I., L. G.
J.E. Gatteaux
J. Jeuffroy
J. Vernon
Jacob, J. P.
Jacques Le Maire
Japy
Japy Freres
Jeannin
Jean Nourry
Jean Pierre Casimir de Marcassus, Baron de Puymaurin; Bertrand Andrieu
L
L. Jaley
L. Leon
L.O.R.
Lacroix Fils
Lamourdedieu, R.E.
Leclerc, Humbert
Legastelois, Jules-Prosper
Lenoir, P.
Leroy, Louis, & Co
Le Testu, Guillaume
Letronne, L.
Lorthior, Pierre Joseph
Lucotte, J.-R.
M., F.
M. Molart
Magnac, H. de
Maire, Jacques Le
Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault
Manufacture Nationale de St Etienne
Marcassus, Jean Pierre Casimir de
Marelle
Marine Photo Service
Marteau, F.
Massonet
Mauger, Jean
Meisonie, J. A.
Meybusch, Anton
Montagny, Jean-Pierre
Montagny, Pierre Antoine
Montanrouge
Montera, J.
Morlon, Pierre Alexandre
Motel, Henri
Mouroux-Martin, Anie
Naze, Jean
Nilis, J.
Nourry, Jean
O. Roty
Oterschaden, Joannes
Oudiné, Eugène André
Outhier, Abbe Reginald
P.C.
Pascal, C
Patriarche, Louis
Peter Litherland & Co
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Pierre Turin
Pigeon
Pigeon, Jean
Pingret, after J.A.
Pingret, Joseph Arnold
Ponscarme, Hubert
Pose, de
Prud'homme, Georges Henri
Richer, Paul
Ridet, Georges
Robin, H. R.
Roettier, C. N.
Roettier, J.C.
Roettier, N.
Rog, M.
Rogat, Emile
Roiné, J.E.
Romains, Jules
Roskopf, Georges Frederic
Rousseau
Roussel, H.
Roux, Joseph
Samson
Schiavetti-Bellieni
Shortt, William Hamilton
Société d'Exploitation de la Manufacture d'Armes Automatiques
Synchronome Co Ltd
UK: Armed Forces
UK Armed Forces
Unknown
Utzschneider and Co
Vernier, A
Vernier, A.
Vernon, Frédéric de
W., A.
Walker & Hall Ltd
Y. Bobeux
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Angouleme, France
Austria
Bayeux, France
Bayonne, France
Besancon, France
Besançon, France
Brest, France
Calais, France
Champagne, France
Chaux-de-Fonds, France
Châtellerault, France
England or France
Fort-de-France
Fort du Plasne, France
France
France(?)
France (probably)
France, Europe
France or Italy
Germany
Greenwich Hospital
La Courneuve, France
Lille, France
Lion, France
Lyons, France
Marseilles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Nantes, France
Paris, France
Poole Harbour
Port de Bouc, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
possibly France
probably France and Italy
probably France or Italy
probably Germany or France
probably Lyon, France
Rochefort, France
Rouen, France
Sarreguemines (Moselle), France
Sete, Occitanie, France
Sevres, France
Sevres Porcelain Factory, France
St. Etienne, France
St. Romain, France
St Etienne, France
Treguier, Brittany, France
Treves, France
Unknown
Villefranche, France
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Events
Events
American War of Independence: Action off Flamborough Head, 1779
American War of Independence: Battle of the Saints, 1782
Anglo–Spanish War: Battle of Cádiz, 1656
Antarctic Exploration: Charcot's Expedition, 1908-1911
Arctic Exploration: Back's voyage, 1836-1837
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Second Overland Expedition, 1825-1827
Arctic Exploration: Ross' second voyage, 1829-1833
Attack on the Tripoli pirates, 1729
Baudin's expedition to New Holland, 1801
Birth of Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1805
Bombardment of Dunkirk, 1695
Bombardment of St Malo, 1695
Capture of Dunkirk, 1646
Capture of London, 296
Capture of Palamos, 1694
Capture of Port Mahon, 1758
Capture of Porto-Longone, 1647
Capture of St Christopher, 1666
Capture of St David, 1758
Capture of Wesel, 1758
Cession of Dunkirk, 1662
Chios, Tripoli pirates defeated at, 1681
Circumnavigation of the corvette La Favorite, 1829-1832
Construction of the Fortress at Louisburg, 1713-1720
Corsairs of barbary, defeat of the, 1732
Crimean War, 1854-1856
Crimean War: Bombardment of Bomarsund, 1854
Crimean War: Capture of Kinburn Forts, 1855
Death of Cardinal Richelieu, 1642
Defeat of the pirates of Salee, 1739
Defence of Guadeloupe, 1721
Duclair Regatta
Embarkation of the insurgents at Havre, 1848
Expedition of the corvette Uraine, 1817-1819
Expedition to the Morea, 1828
First Franco-Moroccan War: Bombardment of Tangier, 1844
First Franco-Moroccan War: Capture of Mogador, 1844
First Voyage of corvette Astrolabe, 1826-1829
Fortification of Dunkirk, 1671
Franco-Algerian War: Peace with Algiers, 1684
Franco-Dutch War: Attack on Martinique, 1674
Franco-Dutch War: Battle of Palermo, 1676
Franco-Dutch War: Battle of Tobago, 1677
Franco-Dutch War: Recapture of Cayenne, 1676
Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris, 1870-1871
Franco-Spanish War: Battle of Cartagena, 1643
Franco-Spanish War: Capture of Rosas, 1645
French and Indian War: Capture of Oswego, 1758
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Great Plague of Marseille, 1720
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino, 1827
Henry Hudson's voyage to North America, 1609
Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, 1627
International Conference for the Safety of Human Life at Sea, 1929
International Congress of Maritime Law, 1911
International Congress of Rescue, 1878
International Maritime Exhibition Havre, 1868
Landing of the Young Pretender in Scotland, 1745
Louis XVIII lands at Calais, 1814
Messina War: Action in the Straits of Messina, 1675
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War, 1808-1814
Napoleonic Wars: Planned invasion of England, 1803-1805
Napoleon landing at Frejus, 1799
Nine Years' War: Action off Beachy Head, 1690
Nine Years' War: Battle of Caramet, 1694
Nine Years' War: Battle of Cartagena, 1697
Nine Years' War: Battle of Dogger Bank, 1696
Nine Years' War: Battle of Lagos, 1693
Nine Years' War: Battle of Texel, 1694
Nine Years' War: Capture of Ath, 1697
Nine Years' War: Capture of Barcelona, 1697
Nine Years' War: Capture of Rosas, 1693
Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
Pastry War: Battle of Veracruz, 1838
Peace with the Tripoli pirates, 1730
Retour des cendres, 1840
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Alliance of Holland with France, 1666
Seven Years' War: Action at Saint Cast, 1758
Seven Years' War: Battle off Minorca, 1756
Siege of Dunkirk, 1658
Spanish Expedition: Battle of Trocadero, 1823
Statue of Courbet memorial installed, 1890
Syria Campaign, 1840
The Sicilian War: Attack on Belle Isle, 1674
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
Thirty Years War, 1618-1648
Visit of the French squadron to Cronstadt, 1891
Visit of the Russian fleet to Toulon, 1893
War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747
War of the League of Cambrai: Battle of St Mathieu, 1512
War of the Polish Succession: Siege of Danzig, 1734
War of the Reunions: Bombardment of Genoa, 1684
War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Malaga, 1704
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702
War of the Spanish Succession: Grand Alliance, 1702
War of the Spanish Succession: Peace of Utrecht, 1713
West Indian Fleet safely convoyed home, 1709
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Armistice of Mudros, 1918
World War I: Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915
World War II, 1939-1945
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Colbert 1928 (French)
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D'Entrecasteaux (1931)
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Emperi (1975)
Eole 1789
Favorite (fl.1829) [French]
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Jean de Vienne fl.1936 (French)
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Lusitania 1906
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Primauguet 1924 (French)
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Strasbourg (French)
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Ross, John
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Ecliptic ring from glass celestial globe
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