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armament accessory, ethnographic: shield
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docking
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documentary artifact: ship plan: docking(part)
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Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa
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Slaves Zanzibar (Photograph)
'The Zodiacal Light, as seen on the Breede River at the Cape of Good Hope, June 1844' (Print)
Penny (Coin - penny)
Sun compass box
Sun compass
A group photograph of the principle officers at Durban (Roll film negative)
Looking forward from the gantry of the fishing stern trawler Salvia (1972) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft from the bridge of the fishing stern trawler Salvia (1972) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Cape Town Main Train Station in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A port side view of a Boeing 747 civilian aircraft owned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation, ready for boarding at at Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Looking forward to the superstructure of the fishing stern trawler Salvia (1972) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Looking towards Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
The sunrise hitting the starboard wing of a Boeing 747 civilian aircraft owned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation, en route from Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa to London Heathrow Airport (Colour transparency)
A distant view of the mountain Lion's Head taken from the motor coaster King On (1949) on approach to Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A close view of canna lillies in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A port near beam view of the stern trawler Azalea (1971) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Government Avenue in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the motor coaster King On (1949) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Driving along Chapman's Peak Drive in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Standing in the Company Botanical Gardens looking towards Government House in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Castle Military Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Silver Sands Beach at Slangkop Point near Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view overlooking Cape Point taken from the Old Cape Point Lighthouse near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A sunset view over the Lion's Head taken from Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
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