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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
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astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomical reflector)
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Celestial globe
Celestial pocket globe
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, pocket
Lodestone
Lodestone and keeper
Pocket globe
Pocket globe case
Presentation Sword
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surveying & navigational t&e: lodestone(artificial magnet)
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box: wood covered with black shark skin and lined with magenta silk
brass
copper plate engraved
damascened steel
gilt
hand-coloured
hand-coloured lithography
hand coloured lithography
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magnetite
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Adams, Dudley
Adams, George
after Herman Moll
Cary, John
Cary, William
Charles Price; John Senex
Cuff, John
Cushee, Richard
Ferguson, James
James Ferguson
Miller, John
Moll, Herman
Newton, John
Palmer, William I.
Price, Charles
Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
Senex, John
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Cook, James
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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Portable reflector telescope (Telescope)
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Celestial pocket globe (Celestial pocket globe)
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Celestial pocket globe (Celestial pocket globe)
Lodestone
Scabbard
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Celestial pocket globe (Celestial pocket globe)
Presentation Sword
Celestial globe (Celestial globe)
Celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
Pocket globe
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe (Pocket globe)
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