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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
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Apa 'apai
armament, ethnographic: bow, spiralled
armament, ethnographic: club
armament, ethnographic: club(gun-stock type)
armament, ethnographic: club, war
armament, ethnographic: club, war(paddle shaped)
armament, ethnographic: dagger, shark's tooth
armament, ethnographic: patu(truncheon)
armament, ethnographic: tewhatewa(club-axe)
armament, ethnographic: ula(throwing club)
armament t&e, artillery: gun
astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomical reflector)
astronomical t&e: telescope, pocket: telescope, achromatic
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documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, collapsible
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documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, inflatable
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, pocket
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, silent
documentary artifact: map
documentary artifact: map, world
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Pakipaki
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personal gear: whisk, fly
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Red sandstone
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Shark's tooth scarifier (previously called a dagger)
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth
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Cook landing at Nootka Sound, 1778
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Exploration: Cook's First Voyage, 1768
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French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Hercule, 1798
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Balleny, John
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