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2. Astronomy in the lecture theatre
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documentary artifact: chart
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(collapsible)
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(goblet)
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(Indo-Persian)
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(Islamic)
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(Persian)
documentary artifact: globe, celestial(reproduction)
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, clockwork
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, hand
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, miniature
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, star
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, table
documentary artifact: globe, moon: selenographis
documentary artifact: globe, skeleton: globe, navigational instruction
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(collapsible)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(facsimile)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(outline)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(relief)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(reproduction)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(tellurion & lunarium)
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, climate
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, clockwork
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, collapsible
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, hand
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, inflatable
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, miniature
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, pocket
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, silent
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, umbrella(collapsible)
documentary artifact: star finder
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personal symbol: coat of arms
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surveying & navigational t&e: quadrant
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Bardin, William
Bauer, Johann Bernard
Behaim, Martin
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Betts, John
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Cary, William
Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Cattin, Jean Baptiste
Cella, Philipp
Central Research Institute
Ceulen, Jan Jansz van
Charles Smith & Son
Colom, Jacob Aertsz
Coronelli, Vincenzo
Cushee, after Richard
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Delamarche, Charles-Francois
Delisle, Guillaume
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Dunn, Samuel
Eder, Tobias
Eimmart, Georg Christoph
Ernst Schotte & Co
Ferguson, James
Feuille, Jacques de La
Fortin, Jean
Francis Barker & Son Ltd
Frisius, Gemma
Georama Ltd
George Philip & Son Ltd
Greuter, Matthaeus
Hardy, Jacques
Hatch, Charles
Heath & Co. Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Heyden, Gaspard van der
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James Kirkwood & Sons
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Janssonius, Johannes
Jensch, Georg
J G Klinger's Kunsthandlung
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Oterschaden, Joannes
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Palmer, William I.
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Pigeon, Jean
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Price, Charles
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Rand McNally & Co
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Regazzoni, Giocondo
Reinhold, Johann
Replogle Globes Inc
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Schissler, Senior, Christoph
Senex, John
Senex, Mary
Seutter, Matthaeus
Seyler, Johann Tomas
Stanford, Edward
Thomas Malby
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Valk, Gerard
Valk, Leonard
Vandermaelen, Philippe
Veen, Adriaen
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Alexander Chaumont
Alvaro de Mendana
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Biscoe, John
Blaeu, Joan
Brahe, Tycho
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Cook, James
Coronelli, Vincenzo
Dampier, William
Davies, John
Denoyer-Geppert
Drake, Francis
Flinders, Matthew
Georama Ltd
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Greeley, Adolphus
Hadley, John
Halley, Edmond
Houtman, Frederik de
Hudson, Henry
I, Napoleon
Janssonius, Johannes
Jean-Francois de La Perouse
John Gore
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Landau, Nicolas E.
Magellan, Ferdinand
Maire, Jacob Le
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Nuyts, Peter
Oliver van der Noort, Oliver van der
Pedro Fernandez de Quiros
Pelsaert, Francois
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Phipps, G. J.
Ravenstein, E. G.
Replogle Globes Inc
Rosenthal, Ludwig
Ross, James Clark
Ross, John
Royal Greenwich Observatory
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Terrestrial clockwork globe (Clockwork globe)
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