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Backstaff
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
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surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff
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Bardin, William
Berry, William
Blaeu, Willem Jansz
Coronelli, Vincenzo
Delisle, Guillaume
Eder, Tobias
Fortin, Jean
Greuter, Matthaeus
Hondius, Jodocus
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
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Alexander Chaumont
Alvaro de Mendana
Bardin
Cabot, John
Cavendish, Thomas
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
Dampier, William
Davies, John
Drake, Francis
Halley, Edmond
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Maire, Jacob Le
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Pedro Fernandez de Quiros
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Vries, Gerrit de
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Terrestrial floor globe (Floor globe)
Terrestrial floor globe (Floor globe)
Terrestrial floor globe (Floor globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial miniature globe (Miniature globe)
Backstaff
Terrestrial instruction globe (Instruction globe)
Terrestrial hand globe (Hand globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Terrestrial inflatable globe (Inflatable globe)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Englands Famous Discoverers. Cap Davies. Sr Walter Rawleigh, Sr. Hugh Willoughby, Cap: Smith (Print)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
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