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astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
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Boot
Box for shoe buckles
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Case for compass
cat-o'-nine-tails
clothing, footwear: boot(part)
clothing accessory: uniform: buckle, shoe
data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: computer, jet
documentary artifact: book
Gyroscopic sextant box
Jet computer
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medical & psychological t&e: box, medicine(homeopathic)
medical & psychological t&e: medical supplies
medical supplies
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Painting
personal gear: goggles, snow
personal gear: knife in sheath
Photograph album
Photograph Album
Pocket compass
Pocket telescope
Pocket telescope base of case
Pocket telescope lid of case
Portable telescope
Presentation Sword
regulative & protective t&e: cat-o'-nine-tails
Sailmaker's palm
Scabbard belonging to Presentation Sword
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket
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textileworking t&e: palm, sailmaker's
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Bate, Robert
Batori Computer Company Inc
Boxendale, R.G.
British School, 19th century
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Gould, Edward
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Boxendale, R.G.
Colbeck, William
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Pocket telescope lid of case
Pocket telescope base of case
Naval service of Midshipman (later Vice-Admiral) Leonard A. B. Donaldson, HMS 'Collingwood' (1882), in the Mediterranean, 1893-4 (Photograph album)
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Pocket telescope
Topographical, mainly Australia and New Zealand, also Malta and England; HMS 'Polyphemus' (1881); HMS 'Sultan' (1870) (Photograph album)
Medicine chest
cat-o'-nine-tails
Jet computer - aircraft
Nares Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876. (Photograph Album)
Presentation Sword
Gyroscopic sextant box
Box for shoe buckles (Box for shoe buckles)
A leather sailmaker's palm (Sailmaker's palm)
Shrimp (Oar)
[world map] (Map)
Case for compass
The Vicar of Wakefield (Book)
Knife
Pair of leather and wire gauze snow goggles (Snow goggles)
Shrimp (Oar)
medical supplies
Scabbard belonging to Presentation Sword
Pocket compass
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