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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
Electronic navigation
Exploring the Arctic
Globes
Globes and globe gores
Herschel family
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4. Astronomy and print
A Sea of Symbols
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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Green Blackwall collection
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Lieutenant Gabriel Bray (1750–1823)
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Astrolabe
astronomical t&e: astrolabe
Base of box for the surveying compass
Blue print
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Builder's, Full hull model
Cast
cast: coin cast: jeton, French, 1625
cast: medal cast: commemorative medal
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval
ceremonial artifact: flag, house
Coin cast
Counter
Design, Half block model
Diptych dial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(goblet)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
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Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull shipbuilder’s exhibition model
furniture: chest, Chatham
furniture accessory: firedog
Goblet globe
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House flag
Lid for surveying compass
Lid for urveying compass
Medal
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Naval ensign
Nocturnal
Painting
personal symbol: coat of arms
presentation artifact: salver
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rope
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Ship's badge
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, surveying
Surveying compass
Table globe
Technical drawing
technical drawing
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: nocturnal
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker (Spain)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 24 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (Netherlands)
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: battery, central armoured (Argentinian)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (Portuguese)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate, Barbary
water transport: hunting vessel: whaler (Netherlands)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: half)
water transport: model, design: block model(half)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: rigged)
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel
water transport: service vessel: hulk, powder (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: tug, rescue (HMS)
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel, 4 box
water transport: steam vessel: screw, single (Argentinian)
water transport: unknown function: ship
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlands)
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlnds)
water transport: unknown function: ship (UK)
water transport accessory: badge, ship's
water transport accessory: rope
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ivory
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metal: brass
metal: copper
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Display - Atlantic Gallery
Display - Maritime London Gallery
Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
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Display - Sea Things Gallery
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A. V. Waesberge
Adlard, Henry
after Sir Peter Lely
after Spirinx
after Stefano Della Bella
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Aldeurereld, H. van
Athow, T
Baen, Jan de
Berckmans, Hend
Blaeu, Willem Jansz
Blooteling, Abraham
Bonselaen, P
Boulonois, Esme de
Boydell, John
Bragg, T.
Briggs, Henry Perronet
Briot, Nicholas
Brueghel, Jan
Bullfinch
Canot, Pierre Charles
Colom, Jacob Aertsz
Construction, Department of Naval
Daalen, N van
Danckerts, Cornelis
Daniell, William
de Critz, John
Delff, Willem Jacobszoon
Della Bella, Stefano
Dequevauviller, Francois Jacques
Dove, Thomas
Du Carlo
Dunkarton, Robert
Dyck, Anthony van
Egley, William
Enden, Marten van den
English School, 17th century
Faber, Johan
Faithorne, W
Faithorne, William
Flinck, Govert Teuniszoon
Flipart, Jean-Jacques
Frey, Johannes Pieter de
Gascar, Henri
Girtin, John
Gottfried
Green, Charles
Gudin
Hammond, W J, & Co
Harding
Harding & Lepard
Harding, G
Harland & Wolff
Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd
Harris, James
Hecht, F
Hinde, Thomas
HL
HM Admiralty
Hogarth, William
Hollar, Wenceslaus
Hopwood, James
Hoskins, John
II, after Isaac Habrecht
II, Isaac Habrecht
Isaacsz, P
Isselburg, Peter
J.E. Gatteaux
Jacobus Houbraken, Jacobus
Jode, Arnold de
Johnson, Laurence
Jones, George
Jonghe, Clement de
Knapton, John & Paul
Laer, Peter de
Langren, Arnold Floris van
Lasne, M
Lely, Peter
Leoni, Ottavio
Lievens, Jan
Loeff, Jacob Gerritsz
Loemans, Arnold
Lombart, Pierre
Lubin, Jacques
Maashouk, Hr.
Marine Photo Service
Mayer, J.
Meyer, P.
Meyssens, Johannes
Mierevelt, Michiel J. van
Mitchell, E.
Moncornet, Baltasar
Mouzijn, Michael
Muller, J
Netherlandish School, 17th century
Nooms, Reinier
Oliver, Isaac
Ozanne, Nicolas
Passe, Crispin Van de
Passe, Simon Van de
Peeters, Bonaventura
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Pidding, Henry James
Pietersz, J.
Preston, Thomas
Prior, W H
Queboorn, Crispin Van den
Richardson, William
Rodd, T & H
Rogman, Hendrik
Sadeler, Marco
Schouman, Aart
Scott, Samuel
Scriven, Edward
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Skelton
Skilman
Smith, John
Smith, J T
Smith, N
Spink & Son Ltd
Stratford, J.
Stuart
Tavernier, Melchior
Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company
Thomas Bradbury & Sons
Thomas Evans Pty Ltd
Thomas Simon
Tirion, Is
Unknown
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Verwer, Abraham de
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Visscher, C
Visscher, Cornelis
Visscher, Lambert
Vlieger, Simon de
Voerst, Robert van
Vos, P I
Vosterman, Lucas
Vries, Jacob Feytsz de
Vries, Joachim de
Walker, R.
Warren, Alfred William
Wendland, J
Whimper
Willaerts, Adam
Woodburn, S.
Wyllie, William Lionel
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Exploration: L'Heremite's Voyage, 1623-1625
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Second Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Lowestoft, 1665
Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
Second Anglo–Dutch War: Four Days Fight, 1666
War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Havana, 1748
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916
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Alfonso De Albuquerque (1884)
Almirante Brown (1880)
Bordelais (1763)
Centaur (1947)
Chester (1915)
Eenhorn 1625
Ellen Gillman (1839)
Endurance (1956)
Envoy 1944
Hercules fl.1634
Jamaica (1940)
Leonidas (1807)
Manxman (1940)
Marco Polo (1851)
Olympic (1911)
Orford (1928)
Queen Charlotte (1790)
Roxburgh Castle 1852
San Jose 1783
Terrible (captured 1747)
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Art for the Nation
Caird Collection
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Greenwich Hospital Collection
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
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Australian Coastal Shipping Commission
Barberini, Maffeo
Batlen, William
Blake, Robert
Bloye, Sarah
Boisot, Lodewyk van
Bonte-Koe, Willem Ysbrant
Brahe, Tycho
Brederode, Henrik Heer Van, ca.1
British Institution
Brownfield, O Dfl
Callot, Jacques
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico
Clarke, Captain James
Cromwell, Oliver
Denmark: Navy
Digby, Kenelm
Dorp, Philips Van
Duplessis, Armand Jean
Dutch Fleet
Egley, William
Enambue, Vandrosque Diel d'
English Fleet
Evertsen, Johan
French Fleet
French Navy
Galen, Jan Van
Greenwich Hospital Collection
Groot, H De
Hein, Piet Pieterzoon
Herbelot, Barthelemi d'
Holles, Frescheville
Holmes, Robert
Houtman, Frederik de
Howard, Thomas
Howe, Richard
Huguenot Rebels
Hulft, Gerard
James, Thomas
Jones, Inigo
King, George St Vincent Duckworth
King Charles I
King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
King George III
King George IV
King James I and VI
King James II and VII
King William IV
Knowles, Charles
Mayerne, Theodore Turquet de
Montagu, Edward
Montagu, John
Montmorency, Henri de
Moore, Joos de
Morland, Samuel
Myddelton, Hugh
Myngs, Christopher
Nelson, Horatio
Noort, Adam van.ca
Ogle, John
Percy, Algernon
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Pope, Charles Meredyth
Porte, Amador de La
Prince Maurice of Orange
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Henrietta Maria, Consort of King Charles I
Rich, Robert
Royal Navy
Samuda Brothers Ltd.
Scottus, Thomas
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Smith, John
Smith, Thomas
Somerset, Edward
Speed, John
Spinola, Ambrogio
Stuart
Tromp, Maarten Harpertszoon
Vere, Horace
Villiers, George
Vroom, Hendrick Cornelisz
With, Witte Corneliszoon de
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Afbeeldinghe in wat maniere Den Admirael Pieter Adriaensen Ita twee Rycke Honduras vaerders ver overt (Print)
Veroveringe van Rio Grande in Brazil Anno 1633 (Print)
Afbeeldinge in wat manier de siluer vloot vanden Generael Pieter Pietersen Heyn veroouert is anno 1628 (Print)
Berzeichnus der eroberung der Statt Olinda gelegen in der landschafft Americae Brasilien und dem Port von Pernambuco... (Print)
Louis de Boisot, Amiral de Zeelande (Print)
Admiral Edward Montague 1st Earl of Sandwich
1625
-1672
Jacques L'Heremite's voyage. Natives and their canoes of up to 20 feet long in Terra del Fuego, February 1624 (Print)
Algernoun Earle of Northumberland, Lord of the Honors of Cockermouth...[Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland] (Print)
Elisabet D G Angliae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regina. Mortua Anno MIserI CorDIae, At 70 (Print)
Carolus Primus D. G. Anglia Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex (Print)
Robert Blake, General and Admiral of the Forces of England (Print)
Olympic (1911) (Technical drawing)
Inigo Jones, 1573 - 1652 (Ignatii Iones Mag: Brit: Architecti Generalis Vera Effigies) (Print)
Inigo Jones, 1573 - 1652 (Ignatii Iones Mag: Brit: Architecti Generalis Vera Effigies) (Print)
Vertoning hoe de Nassausche vloot heest ghelegen onder de Cust van Nueva Spagna wachtende op de Schepen uyt de Manillas; Vertoning van de Ree... Guagen, een vande Ladrones eylanden (Print)
'Sr Kenelm Digby', 1603-65 (Print)
De Ed. Hr. Gerard Hulft, Eerste Raedt en Directeur General van Indien, opper Bevelhebber over de Krygs-Macht soo te water als te lande Afgesonden na Ceylon en de Kuste van Indien (Print)
Olivar Rp: Ang: Sco: et Hib: Protector, &c (Print)
Nocturnal
The Farm Yard (Print)
The True Portraict of Cap Thomas Iames. AEtatis suae 40. Some has a time. Engraved from a very Scarce Print in a Map for the Discovery of a North West Passage into the South Sea (Print)
HMS 'Leonidas' at Upnor, 1885 (Painting)
The high and mightie prince James by the grace of god King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland: defendor of the faith (Print)
A slightly distant port bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) stopped in a Norwegian fjord. (Sheet film negative)
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