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Earth as you've never seen it before
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
Discover the true story of Charles Hare, the 19th-century midshipman who used a French officer's uniform to pull off a daring prison break
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A 19th century uniform with a dramatic history is on display at the National Maritime Museum. Come behind the scenes to discover the care that went into its conservation
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
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Compasses
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Electronic navigation
Exploring the Arctic
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Astrolabe latitude plate
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astronomical t&e: astrolabe
astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Arabic)
astronomical t&e: astrolabe(European)
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astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Hispano-Moorish)
astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Hispano-Moorish?)
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Mariner's Astrolabe
personal symbol: coat of arms
Pointer
surveying & navigational t&e: astrolabe, mariner's
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timekeeping t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
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'Ali, Hajji
'Isa, Muhammad Muqim ibn Mulla
Ahmad, Rif 'al abu
al-A'imma, 'Abd
al-Baghdadi, Mahmud ibn Shawka
al-Battuti, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
al-Jilani, Yusuf ibn Hajji
al-Kirmani, Ja'far ibn 'Umar
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Allah, Hasan 'Abd
Arscenius, Ferdinand
Bion, Nicolas
Bos, Joannes
Danti, Egnatio
Descrolières, Adrian
Gemini, Thomas
Glenn Ellen Scientific Company
Habermel, Erasmus
Hartmann, Georg
Heidelberg School
Isfahani, Muhammad Baqir
Khalil, Muhammad
Lucas-Dean, R.
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Naze, Jean
Piquer, Michael D.
Qayini, Qasim 'Ali
Spitzer Workshop
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W. Watson & Sons
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probably France or Italy
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Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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Hownam-Meek, Anthony
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Proctor, David V.
Queen Elizabeth I
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