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. Horizontal pedestal dial for latitude 53° North. The bronze, circular dial-plate has an hour-circle and a minute-circle round its outer edge. Just inside the hour-circle, midday is marked for various cities by name and with a 'XII' at the
1753
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. Portable horizontal dial for latitude 48° 20' North. The dial is rectangular and engraved on the obverse side only. The hour scale is depicted on a heart-shaped scroll. There are five consecutive minute scales to allow the division of time to o
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. The octant is made from a mahogany frame and index arm, with a boxwood limb, brass fittings, a brass stop for the index arm and an inlaid ivory plate on the crossbar. There is no tangent screw and the clamping screw, which is missing, was on the back of
1753
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. The octant is made from an ebony frame and limb with a black-lacquered brass index arm and fittings. There are decorative inlaid diamond-shaped ivory pieces in both struts, and a decorated inlaid ivory plate on the crossbar. There is no tangent screw an
1753
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A new and exact map of the Island of St Christopher in America according to an actual and accurate survey made in the year 1753. Two sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [1:34 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in British statute
1753
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A new and exact map of the Island of St Christopher in America according to an actual and accurate survey made in the year 1753. Two sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: [1:34 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in British statute
1753
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A Prospect of the Custom House, and Essex Bridge, Dublin. Print
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A View of the Custom House with part of the Tower, taken from ye River Thames, London. Hand-coloured.
1753
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Carte de l'Isle de France levee geometriquement par Mr. l'Abbe de la Caille, de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, en 1753. Single sheet. Hand coloured. engraving. Pink linen backing. Scale: [circa: 1:200,000]. Graduated map. Scale in toises.
1753
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Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique premiere seuille contenant les costes de Barbarie depuis le Detroit de Gibraltar jusqu'au Cap Bojador et les Isles Canaries.......1753. Scale: 1:250,000 (lat). Printed chart of the Atlantic coast o
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Carte reduite des costes occidentales d'Afrique. Premiere feuille contenant les costes de Barbarie depuis le Detroit de Gibraltar et les Isles Canaries.. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Mercator projection, with bor
1753
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Chart comprizing Greenland with the countries and islands about Baffin's and Hudson's Bays.. Single sheet. Engraving coloured in outline. Scale: [circa 1:15,000,000]. Mercator projection, prime meridian through Ferro, with longitude from London
1753
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Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, with the British, French & Spanish settlements in North America and the West Indies.. Single sheet. Sheet 4 from a set of 6 comprising: A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with th
1753
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Cruizer (1752) [alternative spelling: Cruiser]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a partially completed inboard profile illustration the mast dispositions for Cruizer (1752), an 8-gun, snow-rigged Sloop. A mizzen mast was added at Sheerness Dockyard per Navy Bo
8 December 1753
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Dunkirk (1754). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Dunkirk (1754), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
21 November 1753
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Gibraltar (1754). Scale; 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Gibraltar (1754), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, similar to the body of the captured French privateer Tyger (no date) taken in the previous war.
4 September 1753
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Greenwich Hospital. No.17 in a Boydell series: see also PAH3287, apparently the previous plate in the series. An axial view from the north of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, and the Thames with several vessels on it. Unlike many earlier views of thi
1753
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Greenwich Hospital. Plate No.17. Technique includes stipple engraving. The Hospital with the Queen's House and ROG in the background.
1753
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Harbour scene. Print
1753
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Jacob Van Heemiskerk, Admiraal. Navigator b 1567 ob.1607. Print
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Jacob van Heemskerk, Admiraal. Print
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Medal commemorating Admiral Civrani's victory over the Turks at Cyprus, 1753. Medal commemorating Admiral Civrani's victory over the Turks at Cyprus, 1753. Obverse: Winged lion of St Mark holding a shield. Legend: 'VICTORI . MILITI . PVBLIC
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Medal commemorating Admiral Civrani's victory over the Turks at Cyprus, 1753. Medal commemorating Admiral Civrani's victory over the Turks at Cyprus, 1753. Obverse: Winged lion of St Mark, erect, the right forepaw holding a shield bearing a stag
1753
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Medal commemorating Admiral Civrani's victory over the Turks at Cyprus, 1753. Medal commemorating Admiral Civrani's victory over the Turks at Cyprus, 1753. Obverse: Winged lion of St Mark, erect, the right forepaw holding a shield bearing a stag
1753
National Maritime Museum

Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the forecastle deck for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of Royal Anne, as she was nominally to be a re-bu
22 November 1753
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Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) illustrating the deck beams and carlines for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of
circa early November 1753
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Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck illustrating the deck beam and carlines for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of Royal Anne
22 November 1753
National Maritime Museum

Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with store arrangements for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of Royal Anne, as she was nomi
circa early November 1753
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Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck with some bulkhead layout for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of Royal Anne, as she was n
22 November 1753
National Maritime Museum

Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse (poop) for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of Royal Anne, as she was nominally to be a re-
22 November 1753
National Maritime Museum

Royal George (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck illustrating the deck beams and carlines for Royal George (1756), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan refers to her under her original name of Royal Anne
22 November 1753
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Seaford (1754). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Seaford (1754), a 20-gun Sixth Rate at Deptford Dockyard. The lines for this ship were based on those of the royal yacht 'Royal Carolin
Circa September 1753
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Admiral William Waldegrave (1753-1825) 1st Baron Radstock. Head-and-shoulders classical-style plaster bust of Admiral William Waldegrave on a low octagonal flat base surmounted by grommet of rope on the front side only. The sitter faces forward, his hair
1818
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'Montague' (1757). Scale: 1:48. A copy of a plan dated 1750 showing the body plan, sheer lines with timbering of keel and deadwood, and the longitudinal half-breadth for 'Montague' (1757), a modified 1745 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Ra
March 1753
National Maritime Museum

A Geometrical Plan, & North East Elevation Of His Majesty's Dock Yard, at Deptford, with Part of the Town &c. PAI5606 is another copy taken in colour image. A geometrical plan and north east elevation of the dockyard at Deptford including le
30 Jul 1753
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A Geometrical Plan, & North East Elevation Of His Majesty's Dock-Yard at Deptford, with Part of the Town, &c. For notes see PAJ3961, another copy. This one is a colour image from a more stained copy, with a slightly wider photo crop including
30 Jul 1753
National Maritime Museum

A View of the Mandarine Yacht and Belvedere, belonging to to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, at Windsor. This Yacht is above 40 Foot in the Keel, carries above 50 Tun, and the Grand Room is 20 Foot by 14. Engraving. Monochrome print showing a
10 Dec 1753
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