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    Turning our view of the world inside out: introducing the new Ocean Map The National Maritime Museum's Ocean Map reminds us just how much of the Earth is covered by water – and how important the ocean is to our planet
    Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': a maligned masterpiece? J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
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Go behind the scenes with our expert curators, astronomers, conservators and library & archive team

27 Nov 2018
Polar Science: Parry’s Arctic Experiments
Researchers working under the explorer William Parry in the far North sought to uncover the mysteries of the Arctic, but extreme cold and bizarre magnetic effects interfered in their research more than they had anticipated.
27 Nov 2018
Polar Science: Surveying the Antarctic
In what is often considered one of the most extreme environments on Earth, harsh conditions made work difficult not only for the scientists, but also for their instruments.
27 Nov 2018
Commemorating Hercules Linton
Hercules Linton was the man who designed Cutty Sark.
22 Nov 2018
Records of East India Company ship expenses
One of my recent cataloguing projects has been a collection of business records relating to Sir William Fraser, principal managing owner of several vessels in the service of the East India Company at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The catalogued items all have the prefix FRS in the Archive Catalogue.
13 Nov 2018
Behind the Mask of Youth
Artist Mat Collishaw talks about his Mask of Youth and reflects on the masks Elizabeth I wore all her life.
08 Nov 2018
Black Poppies – Britain’s Black Community and the Great War
Author and historian Stephen Bourne shares stories of the African and Caribbean Royal and Merchant Navy personnel who served in the First World War. 
08 Nov 2018
18th century sailing times between the English Channel and the Coast of America: How long did it take?
At the Caird Library we receive questions about sailing times between two ports of call very frequently.
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