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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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Adams, Edgar Tarry
Airy, George Biddell
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Daniela Corda
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D Badcock (Marine) Ltd
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Greenwich Hospital School Boys
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Greenwich Workshop for the Blind
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HM Dockyard, Woolwich
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Woolwich Dockyard, Woolwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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American War of Independence, 1775-1783
American War of Independence: Battle of the Saints, 1782
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Transparent orrery
The general cargo coaster Blonde (1863) in Greenwich Reach, River Thames. (Negative)
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