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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
The art of piracy: imagining the world of Zheng Yi Sao
A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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documentary artifact: model, figure
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop
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documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
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medal, British: campaign medal: South Africa medal, 1877-1879
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water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: cutter, coastguard
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Adams, Edgar Tarry
Adams, Francis Norris
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Griffin & Co
Harding, A
HM Admiralty
Millard, J.
Mitchell, William Frederick
Pearsey, W H
Simone, Antonio de
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Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Chapple, Walter
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Deadman, H. E.
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HMS Active (Print)
H.M.S. Active (Drawing)
H.M.S. Active, Rover, Volage, and Calypso Training Squadron 1885 (Drawing)
Active (1869) (Technical drawing)
Active (1869) (Technical drawing)
Active (1869) (Technical drawing)
H.M.S. Active sailing out of Portsmouth, 1887 (Drawing)
Arctic Medal 1876 (Polar medal)
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H.M.S. Active (Drawing)
HMS Active (Drawing)
HMS Active, Jubilee Night 24 July 1887 (Drawing)
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A slightly distant starboard bow view of the of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Volage (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view, taken from fine off the stern, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. (Glass plate negative)
Active (1869) (Technical drawing)
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