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Inside the megaship: on board one of the world's biggest container ships
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astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
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Eue, Franz
Fine Arts Publishing Co Ltd
Goetz, Karl
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Kelvin & James White Ltd
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Löwental, Artur Immanuel
Somerscales, Thomas Jacques
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World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
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Booten, B. E. de V
Eue, Franz
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Sinking of the 'Scharnhorst' at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914 (Painting)
Union Jack (Jack)
Medal commemorating Count von Spee Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating depicting Admiral Count von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Officer of the Watch telescope
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Midshipman Graham Francis James Trounson RNR, 1897-1914 (Miniature)
The Battle of the Falkland Islands and the destruction of the German Pacific Squadron.... Dec 8th 1914 (Print)
'"Invincible" and "Inflexible" in Chase of Von Spee's Squadron': the start of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914, shortly after 12.50 (Drawing)
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Medal commemorating Count von Spee Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating Count von Spee Count Otto and Count Henry von Spee and the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (Medal)
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