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in the dark
This Valentine’s weekend, forget roses and candlelight. Instead, step into total darkness for an immersive hour of live music unlike anything you’ve experienced before
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Life on board a container ship – in pictures
Artist Zoe Childerley is embarking on a project with the National Maritime Museum to bring experiences of modern seafarers to light. How did she find her first voyage on board a container ship?
The hidden details in Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar'
Discover some of the intricacies within J.M.W. Turner’s monumental artwork, on display at the Queen’s House
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What should you keep your eyes on the skies for in 2026? Discover this year's standout moments with Royal Observatory astronomers
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Laurie's general chart of the North Sea by John Purdy published Jany 2nd 1853 by Richard Holmes Laurie additions 1864 (Chart)
General chart of the Atlantic Ocean according to the observations, surveys and determinations of the most eminent navigators British and Foreign from a combination of which the whole has been deduced by John Purdy. London published by Richard H. Laurie Chart seller to the Admiralty &c &c No 53 Fleet Street Sept 1st 1821 (Chart)
A chart of the world on Mercator's projection (reduced from the large chart by John Purdy) (Chart)
A General Chart of The North Sea Constructed from a Great Variety of Original and Accurate Surveys by John Purdy (Chart)
Steel's new chart of the coasts of Great Britain and France &c. Reduced from the original surveys of Rear Admiral John Knight the Grand Trigonometrical Surveys of England and France and the celebrated surveys of Don Vincente Tofino drawn by John Purdy. (Chart)
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