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Queen Elizabeth I's Privy Council
The Privy Council was a defined body that advised Queen Elizabeth I and acted as the administrative centre for her government.
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Queen Elizabeth I
One of England's most-famous monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) rebuilt England's standing in the world.
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Projectors, pranks and perpetual motion
From the satirical to the serious, the quest for longitude provoked a wealth of responses, some more worthy of attention than others.
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Positional astronomy
The challenges of measuring everything from a fast-moving, wobbly platform through a haze.
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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
Early portraits of Queen Elizabeth I stress her God-given right to rule. By her death she symbolised national unity.
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Planet Venus
The planet Venus: known for love, rotational contrariness, crushing atmospheres, furnace-like temperatures and acid rain.
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Planet Jupiter | Gas giant and King of planets
The planet Jupiter's more massive than all the other planets in the Solar System put together. It's a stormy mass of raging gas and metallic hydrogen.
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Orbits
Satellites orbit planets, which orbit the Sun, which in turn orbits the centre of the Milky Way. But why?
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Non-European compasses
Compasses are mainly navigation aids in the West, but Asian and Middle Eastern cultures have also used them for spiritual guidance.
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Navigating from Captain Cook to GPS
Despite trailblazers like Captain Cook, the new techniques for navigation were slow to catch on.