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Who was John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal?
Meet the man tasked with mapping the night sky from Greenwich, and discover how a feud with Isaac Newton shaped the early history of the Royal Observatory
Blurring boundaries: the art of Maisie Broadhead
Past or present, photographs or paintings? Artist Maisie Maud Broadhead challenges the viewer’s perceptions in two works now on display in the Queen’s House
Where paths cross: a history of migration told through museum objects
From maps and mementos to art and commemoration, discover surprising migration stories found in the National Maritime Museum's collection
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surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon
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Egypt War: Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Admiral Douglas
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer
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Greenwich Hospital, Lower School
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Roof artificial horizon (Artificial Mercurial Horizon)
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