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'Dorsetshire' (1757). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Dorsetshire' (1757), a modified 1745 Establishment, 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as originally designed to carry
4 June 1754
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. Calendar for the single year of 1754. The calendar is made from a disc of bronze with a dark and shiny finish. On one side of the calendar is a table with the months in three letter abbreviations and a table with the numbers for the number of days. Arou
1754
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A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1775. Hand coloured map on two sheets. Scale: [ca.1:500 000 (lat). Ca
1775; 1754
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A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1775. Hand coloured map on two sheets. Scale: [ca.1:500 000 (lat). Ca
1775; 1754
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A new & correct chart of the Inner Passage between Madagascar Isle and the coast of Africa.. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for lat & long. Rhumbs.
1754
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Biddeford (1756) [Alternative spelling: Bideford]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body pan, sheer lines with alterations, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Biddeford (1756) a 20-gun Sixth Rate similar to the captured French private
28 October 1754
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Carte physique de la Grande Mer ci-devant nommee Mer du Sud ou Pacifique; ....Avec la representation de ce que l'on conjecture sur la Mer Glaciale Antarctique...Dressee et presentee a l'Acad des S le 5 Sptbre. 1744 par Philippe Buache.. Single s
1754
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Carte reduite d'une partie des costes occidentales et meridionales de L'Afrique depuis Cabo Frio ou Cap Froid.... Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Sheet cut into rectangles and mounted on linen for folding into a map case. Physical descript
1754
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Counter commemorating Charles Alexander Duke of Lothaire and Barri, Governor of Belgium. Counter commemorating Charles Alexander Duke of Lothaire and Barri, Governor of Belgium. Obverse: Bust of the Duke of Lothaire in a long tie-wig, armour and order (ri
1754
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Counter commemorating the completion of the ship-building programme. Counter commemorating the completion of the ship-building programme. Obverse: Youthful bust of Admiral Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793) (right). Legend:
1754
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Deal Castle (1756); Squirrel (1755). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Deal Castle (1756) and Squirrel (1755), both 20-gun Sixth Rates, similar to the R
28 October 1754
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Fort St George on the Coromandel Coast. Belonging to the East India Company of England. Technique includes etching.
1754
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Gibraltar (1754). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Gibraltar (1754), a 20-gun Sixth Rate as built at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Circa late 1754
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Halfpenny. One of three coins found at top of King Charles Building Royal Naval College. Obverse: Head of George II (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS . II . REX'. Reverse: Britannia seated. Legend: 'BRITANNIA'. Exergue: '1754'. Boxed
1754
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Halfpenny. One of three coins found at top of King Charles Building Royal Naval College. Obverse: Head of George II (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS . II . REX'. Reverse: Britannia seated. Legend: 'BRITANNIA'. Very rubbed and date in exergue
1754
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Halfpenny. One of three coins found at top of King Charles Building Royal Naval College. Obverse: Head of George II (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS . II . REX'. Reverse: Britannia seated. Legend: 'BRITANNIA'. Very rubbed.
1754
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Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Graves, 1677-1755. A three-quarter-length portrait to left. Although he appears to be wearing flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1748-67, the lacing is curiously idiosyncratic. He wears a white dress wig, his right hand is on
1754
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The Island of St Helen. Belonging to the East India Company of England. Technique includes etching.; Plate 6.
1754
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Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere include two compass cards, one with Italian names and the other with Dutch names of the compass points. California is represented as an island. Australia and the land nor
Plates produced: 1688; Gores produced: 1707; Globe assembled: 1754
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1754 An exact view of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland's Chinese Yacht, in which his Highness entertained the Royal Family. This Yatcht is in Length 40 Feet, and carries 50 ton Weight, has a grand Room in it 20 Feet long by 14. It floats on
Jul 1754
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64ft Ketch-rigged Commissioner's Yacht (1754). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, the longitudinal half-breadth, and the elevations of fore and aft external bulkheads fo
July 1754
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'Squirrel' (1755); 'Deal Castle' (1756). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Squirrel' (1755) and 'Deal Castle' (1756), 20-gun Sixth Rates, similar to
13 November 1754
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