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4. Astronomy and print
A Sea of Symbols
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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Lieutenant Gabriel Bray (1750–1823)
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Armillary planetarium
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bedding: blanket, seaman's
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cast: coin cast: jeton de marine
cast: medal cast: commemorative medal
cast: medal cast: naval reward
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Daguerreotype
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documentary artifact: globe, celestial
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timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, ring
timekeeping t&e: watch
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water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: frigate, merchant (Dutch)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 64 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 90 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: motor vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: unknown function: ship (UK)
water transport: yacht (J class)
water transport accessory: tampion
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after Pieter De Witte
Akkardt, Charles
Allard, Carolus
Amling, Carl Gustav
Amstel, Cornelis Ploos Van
Angeren, A. Derkzen van
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Backhuysen, Ludolf
Baffo, Andrea
Bardwell, Thomas
British School, 18th century
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Callcott, Augustus Wall
Collins, Greenvile
Coronelli, Vincenzo
Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria
Dahl, Michael
Darly, Mary and Matthew
English School, 17th century
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F. C. Gould & Son
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Fear, E.
Gabriel Bray
Glynne, Richard
Gole, Jacob
Griffier, Jan
Groenewegen, Gerrit
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Havell, Frederick James
Huysmans, Jacob
J. Robins & Sons
John Payne Ltd.
Judin, S.
Kip, Johannes
Kneller, Godfrey
Kobell, Hendrik
Koning, Willem
Laan, Adriaan van der
Lely, Peter
Massiot, Gamaliel
Meulen, Sieuwert van der
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Ozanne, Nicolas
Payne, I.
Peeters, Bonaventura
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Poppel, M. F.
Sailmaker, Isaac
Schenk, Pieter
Smallwell, James
Smallwell, James ?
Thornhill, James
Trouvain, Antoine
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Velde, style of Willem van de
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vermenlen
Vitringa, Wigerus
Vorsterman, Johannes
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Bombardment of St Malo, 1695
Foundation of the Russian fleet, 1696
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Morean War: Battle of Andros, 1696
Nine Years' War: Battle of Dogger Bank, 1696
Russo-Turkish War: Bombardment of Azov, 1696
Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707
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Agamemnon (1781)
Aigle Noir (1696)
Association (1696)
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B P Engineer (1943)
Brilliant (1696)
Cleveland 1671
Cornwall (1815)
Dreadnought (1906)
Eagle (1679)
Eendracht (1653)
Firebrand 1694 (HMS)
Fort William (1806?)
Goude Rotz fl.1696 (Dutch)
Guernsey (1654)
Guernsey (1696)
Guernsey 1660 [British navy]
Ijlst (1665)
Kat ca.1665 [Dutch navy]
Kraanvogel? 1666 [Dutch]
Provincie van Utrecht (1663)
Raisonnable (1768) [Alternative spelling: Raisonable]
Romney (1694)
Royal Prince 1610
Royal Sovereign 1637 [British navy]
Sandadoes 1670 [British]
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Saudadoes 1670 [British navy]
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Sovereign of the Seas 1637
Swiftsure (1673)
Wapen van Utrecht (1665)
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Turmoil and Tranquillity
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Alexander Chaumont
Allin, William
Backhuysen, Ludolf
Bart, Jean
Beaumont, Basil
Berry, Edward
Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de
Chicheley, John
Coronelli, Vincenzo
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Dacres, James Richard
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Dutch Fleet
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French Fleet
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Hopson, Edward
Hudson, Henry
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Lock, Peirson
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Maire, Jacob Le
Metacomet
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Nuyts, Peter
Payne, I.
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Pett, Peter
Poole, John
Queen Mary II
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Seppings, Robert
South Kensington Museum
Thornhill, James
Tsar Peter I of Russia
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vertue, George
Waldron, Richard
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The Old Royal Brass Foundry album (Photograph album)
Portrait of the ‘IJlst'. Built 1653. 30-guns. Last mentioned 1666. (Drawing)
Sovereign of the Seas(1637); Warship; 100 guns (Full hull model)
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Eddystone Lighthouse (Painting)
Portrait of the ‘Eendracht'. Built 1653. Blown up 1665. (Drawing)
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1745 Establishment design for 90-gun Second Rate, three-deckers. (Technical drawing)
A Royal Visit to the Fleet in the Thames Estuary, 1672 (Painting)
Greenwich and London from One Tree Hill (Painting)
Peter Pett and the 'Sovereign of the Seas' (Painting)
Two English Ships Wrecked in a Storm on a Rocky Coast (Painting)
A military figure leaning on a pile of bales, with a seaman carrying kegs in the background [Bray album] (Drawing)
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Greenwich from Blackwall Reach (Painting)
A royal visit to Greenwich Hospital (Print)
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'Sir Cloudesly Shovel in the Association with the Eagle, Rumney and the Firebrand, Lost on the Rocks of Scilly, October 22, 1707' (Print)
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