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Celestial navigation
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Electronic navigation
Globes and globe gores
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astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomical reflector)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
Azimuth compass
Circumferentor
Compass
Dessert fork
Dessert spoon
Dividers
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, pocket
drafting t&e: compass, sectorial
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
drafting t&e: sector
Drawing instrument set
Drawing pen
Equinoctial dial
extension piece (for compass/dividers)
food service t&e: fork, dessert
food service t&e: fork, table
food service t&e: ladle, soup
food service t&e: spoon, dessert
food service t&e: spoon, gravy
food service t&e: spoon, mustard
food service t&e: spoon, table
food service t&e: spoon, tea
food service t&e: teaspoon
Fork
Gunner's quadrant
Gunter rule
Ladle
lead holder (for compass)
lead holder (for compass/dividers)
Mariner's compass
medal, British: campaign medal: South Africa medal, 1877-1879
meteorological t&e: thermometer
Octant
Parallel rule
pencil arm (for compass/dividers)
personal symbol: badge, Admiralty
personal symbol: crest
Plane-table
plane table
Pocket globe
Polar medal
Portable telescope
Sector
Sectorial compass
Serving spoon
Soup ladle
Spoon
Steering compass
surveying & navigational t&e: circumferentor
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, steering
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: table, plane
Table, plane
Table spoon
Tablespoon
Tea spoon
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Telescope
Thermometer
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
unidentified part
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
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ebony (CITES)
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ivory (CITES)
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Adams, Dudley
Adams, George
Adams, George Gammon
Wyon, Leonard Charles
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Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Time and Longitude
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Closson, William
Franklin, John
Greenwich Hospital
Hand, James
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
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Knight, Gowin
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McClintock, Francis Leopold
Reed, William
Rhodes, William
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Terry, Thomas
Wentzell, William
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Gunner's quadrant
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Bare Needle Type (Compass)
Admiralty silver mustard spoon (Spoon)
Admiralty pattern soup ladle (Soup ladle)
Arctic Medal 1876 (Polar medal)
Admiralty pattern dessert spoon (Dessert spoon)
Azimuth compass
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Thermometer
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Table spoon
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Tea spoon
Fork
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Portable reflector telescope (Telescope)
Terrestrial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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