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armament, ethnographic: spear
armament accessory: horn, powder
armament t&e, ammunition: cover, gun(gun or sword cover) ?
armament t&e, firearm: rifle
Beaker
Boot-pull
Boot-pulls
Box
Breeches
building: fortress
building: lighthouse
Button
Carving knife
Case
Circular protractor
Clasp Knife
clothing, outerwear: smock
clothing, outerwear: trousers
clothing, outerwear: uniform: trousers, blue-striped
clothing accessory: boot-pull(2)
clothing accessory: button(2 buttons)
clothing accessory: button(4 buttons)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(4)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(8)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(51)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Rating's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Rating's ?
commemorative artifact: beaker
commemorative artifact: box, snuff
commemorative artifact: cup
Cup
Dagger
Deep sea lead
Desk set
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
drafting t&e: protractor, circular
Drawing instrument set
Duffle suit coat
Duffle suit trousers
food processing t&e: knife, carving
food service t&e: knife
food service t&e: ladle, grog
food service t&e: spoon
food service t&e: spoon, grog
French Prisoner of War Model
French Prisoner of War Model, Full hull model
Full dress coat
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame(?)
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull modell
Grog label
Grog ladle
Grog spoon
Gun cover
handle, razor
Handle for ladle
Hanger
Hoof box
horn, grease
horn, tallow
household accessory: box
household accessory: box, hoof
iceworking t&e: knife, snow ?
Inkstand
Knife
Knife, Clasp
knife, pocket
knife, seaman's
knife, seaman's clasp
knife, sheath
Knife blade
Knife clasp
land transport accessory: handle, whip
lantern
Lantern
lantern, coach
Lantern shade fragments
leatherworking t&e: knife, ulu
lighting device: lantern
lighting device: lantern, coach
Magnifying glass
multiple use artifact: knife, sheath(sailmaker's)
multiple use artifact: reel(sailmaker's)
Non-achromatic telescope
Octant
optical t&e: glass, magnifying
optical t&e: telescope
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, spy glass(non-achromatic)
Overall top
personal gear: blade, knife
personal gear: box, snuff
personal gear: glass, reading
personal gear: knife
personal gear: knife, clasp
personal gear: knife, pocket
personal gear: knife, seaman's
personal gear: knife, seaman's clasp
personal gear: walking stick
Plank-on-frame
Plank-on-frame(?)
Pocket comb
Pocket knife and fork
Pocket telescope
Portable telescope
Portable telescope objective lens cap
Portable telescope objective lens cover
Powder horn
presentation artifact: box, snuff
presentation artifact?: beaker
Prisoner of War Model of the French Frigate 'La Pomone’ 1800
Prisoner of war work, Full hull model
Razor
Razor handle
reading glass
reel
relic, animal: zoological specimen: musk ox head, stuffed(mounted on board)
Repeating circle
Repeating circle; Magnifying glass
Rigged model
Rigged modell
ropework knife
Scimitar
shipbuilding t&e: horn, grease(sailmaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: horn, tallow(sailmaker's)
Smock
Snow knife
Snuff box
sound communication t&e: whistle
Spear
Spoon
spoon, grog
Spy glass telescope
Spyglass telescope
Stuffed musk ox head
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: lead, deep sea(with tube)
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
Sword
Telescope
telescope
Telescope eyepiece cap
Telescope objective cap
Theodolite horn magnifier
toilet article: comb, pocket
toilet article: razor
Trousers
Ulu (knife)
Undress coat
Walking stick
Watch
water transport: cargo vessel (medieval)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 44 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 72 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: junk, war (Burma)
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (French)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: working)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
Wheellock Rifle
Whip handle
Whistle
written communication t&e: desk set
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amber horn
blued-steel
bone
bone, mutton
brass
brass (?)
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) sinew
coating: gilt
copper
copper wire
cotton
ebony
enamel
fabric
fruitwood
gilt
gilt brass
gilt metal
gilt or brass
glass
glass, horn/tortoiseshell (?) and silver
gold
gold alloy
hall-marked silver
horn
horn/tortoiseshell
horn/tortoiseshell(?): glass
horn?
inorganic: mica
iron
ivory
ivory or bone
laminate
leather
linen
Linen
linen/wool twill
metal
metal-gilt
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: gilt
metal: iron
metal: iron [blade]
metal: lead
metal: silver
metal: steel
metal: unknown
metal alloy
metal brass
metal thread
mica
musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) horn
organic: bone
organic: canvas
organic: chamois horn
organic: cotton
organic: fat
organic: fibre, vegetable
organic: hair
organic: horn
organic: horn [handle]
organic: leather
organic: silk
organic: skin
organic: straw
organic: thorn
organic: tortoiseshell
organic: wool ?
paint
paper
pasteboard
plastic?
sharkskin
shell
silk
silver
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stag horn
stain
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straw
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wood
wood: bamboo
wood: hornbeam
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Burton, H
Clay, Charles
Corneliszoon, Jan
Cox, T.
Deane
Denton, John
Dudley
Grilliet
Gustaffson, Johan
Harrison
Heather, William
II, James Phipps
James Grove & Sons
John Lilley & Son Ltd
John Millikin
Joseph Rodgers and Sons
M., J.
Magellan, Jean Hyacinthe de
Marshall, John
Mary Bradley
Mustafa
Phipps, Thomas
Ramsden, Jesse
Richard Timmins & Sons
Sampson Mordan & Co.
Snook, William
Spilman, Nathaniel
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Vicaridge, Thomas
W. H. Oates
Wigfall & Co
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Maidenhead
Myanmar
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Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
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Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Hall, 1864-1869
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Alert (1856)
Amelia (1796)
Blonde (1819)
Camperdown (1885)
Chesapeake (1799)
Dido (1836)
Empress of India (1891)
Foudroyant (1798)
Fougueux (1805)
Fox (1855)
Irresistible 1782 (HMS)
Le Heros (1778)
Le Mars
Pomone (1785)
Ravenna
Royal George (1756)
Royal Naval uniform regulations 1774-87: Officers (undress)
Santissima Trinidad fl.1805 (Spanish navy)
Shannon (1806)
Teryble (Fl.1800)
Vanguard (1835)
Victory (1765)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Armitage, Thomas
Attenborough, F. L.
Attwell
Back, George
Barter, F J
Battersby, Alfred
Battersby, Richard
Beaumont, Lewis Anthony
Bedford, M. D.
Beg, Haj Mahmud
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Brummell, George Bryan
Calver, Donald William
Clay, Charles
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Crofton, Edward
Davenport, R C
Dawes, Peter R.
Denton, John
Drake, Francis Henry
Ely, R.
Forder, William
Galpin, Miss
Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital School
Grey, George
Hall, Herbert
Hanson
Hardy, Pamela
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Hartley, Basil S.
Hern, W. A.
HM Admiralty
Hope, George Johnstone
Kennedy, Fortescue
Lawes, H T
Le Hunte Ward, J R
Mary Bradley
Mustafa
Napier, F? D W
National Maritime Museum
Nelson, Catherine
Nelson, Edmund
Nelson, Horatio
Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase
Peglar, Henry Peter
Redman, Ernest A.
Royal Navy
Royal United Service Institution
The Corporation of Trinity House
Tottenham, William
Webster, William
Wood, Thomas
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Boot-pulls (Boot-pulls)
Cut-throat razor (Razor)
Spoon
Powder horn
Inuit-adapted snow knife (Snow knife)
Cup
knife, seaman's
Spear
Powder horn
Cut-throat razor (Razor)
Beaker
Boot-pull (Boot-pull)
Snuff box
Reading glass (Magnifying glass)
lantern
A saddler and harness maker's steel round leather knife (Ulu (knife))
Greenwich Hospital School knife (Knife)
Knife, Clasp
Powder horn
knife, pocket
Lantern
Inuit knife made from salvaged material from the Franklin Expedition (Knife)
Knife blade
Powder horn
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