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armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, blowpipe
armament t&e, ammunition: cannonball
armament t&e, artillery: carronade ?
armament t&e, artillery: howitzer ?
armament t&e, artillery: lantaka
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astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(watch in OG)
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decoration, British: Gallantry Award: Victoria Cross
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documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
elescope
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food processing t&e: caddy, tea
food service t&e: teapot
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geological specimen: tooth, mammoth's
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medal, British: campaign medal, 1811
medal, British: campaign medal: China War, First
medal, British: campaign medal: China War, First, 1842
medal, British: campaign medal: Honourable East India Compnay's Egypt Medal
medal, British: campaign medal: Indian Mutiny 1857-58
medal, British: campaign medal: Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58
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personal symbol: chelengk
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personal symbol: coronet, earl's
personal symbol: coronet, viscount's
personal symbol: crest, San Josef
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, astrological(geomancer's)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, geomancer's
Sword
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timekeeping t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
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War medal
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, flower (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, rice (Burmese Laung-Zat)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, surf (Masula)
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water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, votive: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: native craft: boat, snake (China)
water transport: sailing vessel: batil (Kuwait)
water transport: sailing vessel: boat (Japan)
water transport: sailing vessel: clipper, barque rigged
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al-Jilani, Yusuf ibn Hajji
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Angxiao, He
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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Geomantic compass lid
To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria this Print The Signing and Sealing of the Treaty of Nanking...(signed on board H.M.S. Cornwallis 29 August 1842) (Print)
Blowpipe quiver lid
Cargo vessel; East Indiaman; Dutch East Indiaman (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Barnacle taken from hull of an Indiaman (Barnacle)
Tea chest (Tea chest)
Blowpipe quiver
Astrolabe (Astrolabe)
Merchant vessel; Batil (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Oven)
Merchant vessel; Batil (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Compass)
Merchant vessel; Batil (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Pot)
Merchant vessel; Batil (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Kettle)
Bow
Full hull model; Display label
Tea caddy (Tea caddy)
Dish
Saucer
Captain Richard Chadwick, d. 1748 (Painting)
Astrolabe (Astrolabe)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
The Watering Place at Anjer Point in the Island of Java (Painting)
Captain Robert Knox of the East India Company, 1641-1720 (Painting)
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