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armament, ethnographic: spear, throwing
armament accessory, ethnographic: shield
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astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Maghribi)
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water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun (HMS)
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water transport: native craft: canoe, dugout (East Africa)
water transport: native craft: dau la mtepe (Africa)
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al-Battuti, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Bell, Charles Davidson
Bird, Henry P.
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Cole, J. H.
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J. Barnett & Co.
London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Company Limited
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Baldwin, Engineer George William
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Looking forward from the gantry of the fishing stern trawler Salvia (1972) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft from the bridge of the fishing stern trawler Salvia (1972) berthed in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Ozarda (1940) under way approaching an East African port. (Colour transparency)
Technical drawing
Fon stool
Passenger vessel; Canoe, Nyanza (Full hull model)
Loango tusk (Tusk)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant aerial starboard quarter view of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from the air well ahead of the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) under way off the Cape Province, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant aerial starboard quarter view of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial starboard side view, taken from high above and only just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A starboard side view, taken from the air well ahead of the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) under way off the Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
The coast at Chapman's Peak, Cape Province, South Africa, looking south to Slangkop. (Sheet film negative)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the starboard side, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Strick Line cargo liner Tabaristan (1969) under way off Cape Province, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
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