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Opera at Cutty Sark with Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
An immersive rendition of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas performed by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists
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Learn more about the best solar eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland so far this century, when around 90% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
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astronomical t&e: planetarium: orrery
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Captain James Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Royal Greenwich Observatory
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An Indian miniature of Zeenat Mahal (1823–1886), wife and favourite of the King of Delhi and last Mughal Emperor (Portrait miniature)
Sympiesometer
Gunter rule
Sector
Winding key
Model and bracket for Earth
K3 (Marine timekeeper)
Portable reflector telescope - Ivory key (Key)
Winding key for K1 (Winding key)
No. 4, eight day ‘Mudge copy’ type marine timekeeper. (Marine chronometer)
K1 (Marine timekeeper)
Map case part
Map case part
Chart of a Voyage from England to Madeira. Constructed by Charles Hatch - teacher of Navigation London 1862. (Chart; Manuscript)
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1153 (Marine chronometer)
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Grand Orrery (Orrery)
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