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Bird, Henry P.
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Cape Town
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Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
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R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd
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A slightly distant aerial port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) just under way off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard broadside view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Amra (1969) under way at sea off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Amra (1969) under way at sea off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard broadside view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Amra (1969) under way at sea off Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Grenado (1742); Fighting vessel; Bomb vessel (Full hull model; Frame model; Plank-on-frame; Separating model)
A boat train on the South Arm in the docks at Cape Town, South Africa. (Sheet film negative)
The South Basin, city and Table Mountain at Cape Town, South Africa. (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town city and Table Bay from Table Mountain. (Sheet film negative)
Animal pelt traders on the dockside of the South Basin at Cape Town, South Africa. (Sheet film negative)
Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles, Cape Town, South Africa (Sheet film negative)
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Cutaway model; Plank-on-frame; Stores
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Cutaway model; Plank-on-frame; Stores
Cape Town city and harbour from Table Mountain, South Africa. (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from Table Bay (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town harbour and Table Mountain looking south-south-west from the South Arm (Sheet film negative)
Cape Town city and harbour from Table Mountain. (Sheet film negative)
Victoria Road and the Twelve Apostles, Cape Town, South Africa (Sheet film negative)
Main deck plan
Shelter deck plan
Lower deck plan
Richards' map of Cape Town and its suburbs. (Chart)
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