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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
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Accommodation model
Accommodation model; Seamens' messroom; Table
Basket
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building: lighthouse fortress
Canon
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Chart
commemorative artifact: table centre
commemorative artifact: tablecloth
Compass stand
documentary artifact: chart
documentary artifact: flag, table
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: standard, table
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food service t&e: fork
food service t&e: fork, table
food service t&e: mat, table
food service t&e: spoon
food service t&e: spoon, table
food service t&e: spoon, tea
food service t&e: tablecloth
food service t&e: tablecloth(piece)
food service t&e: tablespoon
furniture, relic: table
furniture, ship's: table
furniture, ship's: table, supper
furniture: table
furniture: table, pier
Gimbal Table
Hatch Cover
Hour-glass
Hour-glass/ Table Klepsydra
household accessory: table centre
household accessory: table runner
land transport: sledge (HM)
Lantern
Lifeboat
meteorological t&e: thermometer, table
Oar
Observatory Table
personal symbol: badge
personal symbol: chelengk
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: crest
personal symbol: crest, San Josef
personal symbol: flag, house(table flag)
personal symbol: helmet, knight's
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plane table
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presentation artifact: centrepiece, table
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Supper table
surveying & navigational t&e: gimbal table
surveying & navigational t&e: quadrant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: table, plane
surveying & navigational t&e: tables, navigation(part)
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope
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Table and Chair
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Table for arctic shore compass tripod
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Table globe
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Table globe stand
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Table of dimensions
Table runner
Tables
Tables, Navigation
Tables for star identifier
Tablespoon
Table spoon
tablespoon
Table thermometer
Table time-piece
Table top
Table top - oval end section
Table top extension
Terrestrial globe
timekeeper: timepiece, table(spring-driven)
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(30 minute)
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Scenic model; Table
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, trading (Pehili)
water transport: exploration/research vessel
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship ca.1650
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship ca.1760
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer leader
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, 38 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: galleon
water transport: fighting vessel: ram, armoured (turret ship)
water transport: fighting vessel: ship, iron screw
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: service vessel: storeship
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport accessory: anchor, fouled
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Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
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Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
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Adams, George
after Spirinx
Anich, Peter
Bardin
Bardin, Thomas Marriott
Bardin, William
Berry, William
Blaeu, Willem Jansz
Boogaard, David van der
Buesden, Ellen
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Central Research Institute
Ceulen, Jan Jansz van
Charles Smith & Son
Colom, Jacob Aertsz
Coronelli, Vincenzo
Coulson, John William & Walter
Cushee, after Richard
Day, B
Delamarche, Charles-Francois
Delisle, Guillaume
Denoyer-Geppert
Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine
Dollond & Aitchison
Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel
Eimmart, Georg Christoph
Eley, William
Elkington & Co. Ltd
Fearn, William
Feuille, Jacques de La
Fox, Robert Were
Frisius, Gemma
George Philip & Son Ltd
Greuter, Matthaeus
Hardy, Jacques
Heyden, Gaspard van der
Hill, Nathaniel
Hondius, Jodocus
II, Isaac Habrecht
James Kirkwood & Sons
John Senex
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Johnston, Alexander Keith
Johnston, William
Klinger, Johann Georg
Langlois, Hyacinthe
Langren, Arnold Floris van
Langren, Jacob Floris van
Lapie, Pierre
Lea, Philip
Malby & Co
Martin, Benjamin
Mathew, D.D.
Mercator, Gerardus
Messier, Charles
Morden, Robert
Neuwaldt, Amos
Newton & Son
Newton Son & Berry
Oterschaden, Joannes
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Platus, Carolus
Price, Charles
Reinhold, Johann
Replogle Globes Inc
Rossi, Giuseppe de
Salleron, Jules
Scan Globe
Schissler, Senior, Christoph
Senex, John
Seutter, Matthaeus
Sheraton
Storr, Paul
Swiney, E. G.
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Upton, L.
Valk, Gerard
Valk, Leonard
Veen, Adriaen
Vopel, after Caspar
Whitaker, Henry
William Hutton & Sons Ltd
Wood, Thomas
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Bombardment of Algiers, 1816
Ellen MacArthur circumnavigation, 2004
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
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World War I, 1914-1918
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Ariadne (1816)
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Encounter 1902 (HMS)
Fox (1855)
Ganges (1821)
Henry Grace a Dieu (1514)
Hotspur (1870)
Indefatigable (1909)
Invincible (1907)
Leigh (HMS)
Monarch (1868)
Pemba 1877 (SS)
Queen Mary (1912)
Rodney (HMS)
Royal George (1756)
Royal George (HMS)
Royal Sovereign (HMS)
San Josef (captured 1797)
Seraph (1918)
Sikh (1918)
Sir Edward Parry fl.1875 (HM Sledge)
Sparrowhawk (1918)
Spear (1918)
Speedy (1918)
Sportive (1918)
Stuart (1918)
Sultan (1873)
Temeraire (1798)
Terror (1813)
Tipperary (1915)
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Tumult (1918)
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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Addington, Henry
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Association of Old Worcesters
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Beaumont, Lewis Anthony
Blaeu, Joan
Brahe, Tycho
British and Commonwealth Shipping Co Ltd
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Cavendish, Thomas
Charles Smith & Son
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
Cunard Line
Dampier, William
Davies, John
Dawes, Peter R.
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Eyre, George
Foster, Robert Lionel
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Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd
Harvey, Eliab
Houtman, Frederik de
Hudson, Henry
I, Napoleon
Jean-Francois de La Perouse
Jervis, John
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Keppel, Augustus
King William IV
Magellan, Ferdinand
Maire, Jacob Le
Marryat, Frederick
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Mediterranean Fleet
Morcombe, Alfred
Nelson, Horatia
Nelson, Horatio
Nuyts, Peter
Oliver van der Noort, Oliver van der
Pellew, Edward
Pelsaert, Francois
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Port Line Ltd
Portlock, J F ?
Replogle Globes Inc
Ross, James Clark
Russian Convoy Club
Schouten, Willem Cornelissen
Swedish Merchant Marine Academy
Union-Castle Line
United States Lines
Urban de Gelais, Urban de
Vancouver, George
Wemyss, I
Wemyss, Vice-Edward William Elphinstone
Wentzell, William
Wit, Frederick De
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Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Scenic model; Table
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Scenic model; Table
Observatory Table
Table top - oval end section
Table flag, Swedish Merchant Marine Academy (Table flag holder)
Terrestrial table globe stand (Table globe)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Table
Table
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Lunar table globe (Table globe)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
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Tablecloth
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
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