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armament t&e, ammunition: bullet
Bag of miscellaneous pencil case bits
Bag of miscellaneous pencil case bits.
Bullet
case, pencil
commemorative artifact: pencil, retractable
Drawing
Drawing; pencil
Drawing instrument pencil
Lead pencil
Octant pencil
original art: drawing, pencil
pair of pencil
Pair of pencils
pair of pencils
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pencil
pencil arm (for compass/dividers)
Pencil box
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pencil case
Pencil drawing of great sun spot
Pencil drawing of great sunspot
Pocket bubble sextant pencil
presentation artifact: case, pencil
presentation artifact: pencil, propelling
Propelling pencil
relic, ship: disc, copper
Retractable pencil
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: RMS
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
written communication t&e: box, pencil
written communication t&e: case, pencil
written communication t&e: holder, pencil
written communication t&e: pencil
written communication t&e: pencil(shipwrights)
written communication t&e: pencil, lead
written communication t&e: pencil, propelling
written communication t&e: pencil, tombola
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Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
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Adams, George
Berge, Matthew
Garrard & Co. Ltd
Herschel, John Frederick William
Hughes, James
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Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
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Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Greenwich Hospital
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Robinson, Gregory
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Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
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Pair of pencils: Rothmans King Size (Pair of pencils)
Pencil: Whitbread (Pencil)
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