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Research guide P1: Charts and maps in the National Maritime Museum collection
This guide is a brief introduction to the museum's collection of manuscript and printed hydrography (charts), cartography (maps), written sailing directions, originally known as 'portolans', and pilot books
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Windrush histories: memories of moving to the UK
Shirley Fox shares her memories of moving to the UK, in a special oral history marking 75 years since the Empire Windrush's arrival in Britain
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The hidden details in Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar'
Discover some of the intricacies within J.M.W. Turner’s monumental artwork, on display at the Queen’s House
See great art in Greenwich
Free museums and art galleries, quirky markets, sculpture trails and stunning architecture: check out Greenwich's best creative hotspots
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Look inside: The Many Invincible Ones by Sharon Walters
Find out about the artworks in Sharon Walters’ display, now on show in the Queen’s House
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'A banal and depraved business' – how Museum archives help to expose the realities of the transatlantic slave trade
Records, newspapers, notes and pamphlets can offer a window into the lives of enslaved people
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Free and Unfree Labour: Who built Bermuda’s Dockyards?
Lured by the promise of pink sandy beaches and turquoise-blue seas, millions of tourists visit Bermuda every year. Collaborative Doctoral Student Anna McKay examines the difficulties faced by officials in acquiring labourers to work on the site during the nineteenth century.