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. Ring dial for latitude 48° North. It carries a fixed bracket and a suspension ring. There are rectangular recesses along the centre of the ring near the top, either side of the suspension bracket in which the pinhole gnomons are set. On the outer fa
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A Bear Hunt in the Arctic. A scene in the Arctic showing a bear hunt. On the left is a Dutch whaling flute with a spar over the stern for moving her through the ice. It is also shown with a line to anchor it to the ice. Behind, a high wall of ice, possibl
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A Royal Visit to the Fleet in the Thames Estuary, 1672. (Updated, February 2016) During the summer of 1672 Charles II visited ships of the fleet that were refitting in the Thames following the Battle of Solebay in May of that year. This may record a visit
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Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Coronelli GLB0124. Astronomical details on the sphere include stars marked by various symbols, but there is no magnitude table. The Milky Way is drawn but not labell
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Counter commemorating success in Spain. Counter commemorating success in Spain. Obverse: Short bust of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX.' Reverse: An olive tree, houses in distance (right). Legend: 'DA
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Counter commemorating the British bombardment of St Malo, 1696. Counter commemorating the British bombardment of St Malo, 1696. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) as a youth with long hair, in armour and cra
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Counter commemorating the victories over the Turks. Counter commemorating the victories over the Turks. Obverse: St Mark seated (left), handing the sacred flag to the Doge kneeling (right). Legend: 'S . M . V . SILVES . VALERIO . D . ' Exergue:
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Dutch shipping off a coast. original art: drawing
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Medal commemorating the Black Sea Fleet founded, 1696. Medal commemorating the Black Sea Fleet founded, 1696. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Legend: 'PETRVS . ALEXII . FILIVS . D . G . TZAR . ET . MAGNVS . DVX .
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Medal commemorating the capture of Azov, 1696. Medal commemorating the capture of Azov, 1696. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour (three-quarter left). Legend in Russian (Peter Alexejevitch, ruler of Moscow, the immortal expander of the Emp
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Medal commemorating the Dutch squadron captured by Admiral Jean Bart, 1696. Medal commemorating the Dutch squadron captured by Admiral Jean Bart, 1696. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Rev
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Monsieur Le Comte de Tourville Vice-Amiral et Marechal de France.. Portrait of Anne Hilarion de Costentin, Comte de Tourville, Vice-Admiral et Marechal de France (1642-1701). Born into an aristocratic family from Normandy, Tourville joined the Order of M
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Planisphaerium terrestre sive terrarum orbis. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. This is a double hemisphere map with, around the edge, eight small planispheres on various projections and four diagrams explaining the projections. It has been suggested
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Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Coronelli GLB0125. Geographical details on the sphere include the location of the antipodes of Venice marked by an asterisk and labelled. California is drawn as an
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