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'Abolition of Slavery in Jamaica'. Below the image is the following caption: 'PROCESSION of the BAPTIST CHURCH and CONGREGATION in SPANISH TOWN under the Pastoral care of THE REVD. J. M. PHILLIPPO, with about 2000 Children of their schools
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. Awarded to Joachim D Heinrich Satow. Obverse: Head of Carl Johan XIV (R) with draped robe at neck. Legend: "CARL XV JOHAN SVERIGES OCH NORIGES KONUNG". Below: "LUNDGREN F.". Reverse: Within a laurel wreath the inscription: "FOR
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. Azimuth compasses are used for taking bearings from a ship. They therefore have vertical sights on top and the compass card is divided into degrees as well as the points of the compass. This example is a dry card compass. Each quarter of the card is di
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. deck
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. gun
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. gun (24 pdr)
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines
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. lines & profile
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. Lower deck plan
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. mooring gear
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. platform
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. profile
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. sail
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. section, midship
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. Upper deck plan
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A four-wheeled cart with a pair of horses and a dog. A grapnel in the foreground and figures and a mast and sail in the background. original art: drawing
1838
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A new chart of the Red Sea drawn from the latest astronomical observations and surveys, by J.W.Norie, Hydrographer, &c.. Edition: New edition 1838. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:3 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Soundings and some contours.
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A pair of horses and a cart loaded with ship's gear. A sketch of cart wheels. original art: drawing
1838
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A Trading Brig Entering the Bristol Avon. A brig is shown with fore-topgallant mast struck. It is running into the Bristol Avon and the end of the channel is marked with a beacon on the rocks on the left. What may be a pilot cutter is on the left, with la
1838
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Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757). Head-and-shoulders/ upper torso marble bust on a carved square base. The sitter is shown facing half to his right, wearing a cloak draped over the right shoulder an under the left arm. Beneath he wears a surcoat over a c
1838
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Airey of Liverpool. The merchantman 'Airey' is shown under full sail from her port side. Medium includes bodycolour.; Signed by artist and dated.
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Album Maritime. Album of bound prints PAD7297 - PAD7330.
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Arriere d'un Vaisseau Moderne. Tom 3.P.92 Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7319, PAD7321-PAD7330.
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British Guiana Stiver token. British Guiana Stiver token. Obverse: Britannia seated (left) holding a branch in her right and a caduceus in her left hand; a distant ship below (left). Legend: 'TRADE & NAVIGATION'. Exergue: '1838'. R
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Carolina Slaver (afterwards HMS 'Fawn') captured by 'Electra' with 350 Slaves on board. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
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Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the globe include a labelled magnitude table above a cartouche. For some variable stars the range in magnitudes is also given. A total of 42 stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellati
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Chaloupe de pecheurs majorquins enlevee par des prisonniers francais a Cabrera. T.1er.P. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7317, PAD7319-PAD7330. Print is loose.
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Chichester (1843). Scale: 1:48. A copy of an 1833 plan showing the inboard details including the iron riders for Chichester (1843), a 50-gun Fourth Rate Frigate. The copy of Lang's signature suggests that this was copied from a draught originating
1838
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Cotes de Normandie T.1er P.393. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297, PAD7299-PAD7330.
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Entree du Port de Brest. T.3.P.138. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7310, PAD7312-PAD7330.
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Expedition du Tage (1831). T.3.P.273. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7304, PAD7306-PAD7330.
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Fac Simile d'un dessin original de Christopher Colomb. T.2.Page 263 Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7316, PAD7318-PAD7330. Print is loose.
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Felouque montee par le Duc de Guise (1647). Tom.1er P. Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7325, PAD7327-PAD7330.
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Fort St. Louis pres Toulon. T.3.P.375. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7300, PAD7302-PAD7330.
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France Maritime Par Amedee Grehan 2c Editi 1838. 1er Vole.. Bound with PAD7298-PAD7330.
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France Maritime Vue du Port de Nantes. T.3.P.252 Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7324, PAD7326-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Abattage. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7329.
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France Maritime. Alger. T.1er.Page 264. 2eme. Edition 1838 Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7311, PAD7313-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Batimens de la Mediterranee. T.1er.P. 2eme. Edition. 1838. Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7309, PAD7311-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Berthe la Mareieuse. T.1er.P.247. 2e Edition. 1838 Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7327, PAD7329-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. C. d' Amboise, Amiral de France, se rendant a son bord. T.1er.P.400. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7299, PAD7301-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Marseille. T.1er Page 136 Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7306, PAD7308-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Port de Bayonne T.3.P.289. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7322, PAD7324-PAD7330.
1838
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France Maritime. Prise du Northumberland par le Mars (1724). T.1er P. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7308, PAD7310-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Rivage de Normandie. T.1er.Pag.394 Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7328, PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Un orage en Mer.T.1er.P.115. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7303, PAD7305-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Vaisseau ecole de Brest. T.1er.P.74. Album Maritime. Technique includes engraving.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7326, PAD7328-PAD7330.
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France Maritime. Vaisseau monte par le capitaine Cook dans son dernier voyage. T.1er P.219. 2eme Edition 1838 Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7307, PAD7309-PAD7330.; Information about this vessel being used by Cook is incorrect. Cook's ship was
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George Monk, Duke of Albemarle K G Lord General of the Forces By Sea and Land. Painted by Sir Peter Lely. Presented to Greenwich Hospital By King George The Fourth. Print. A reprint with new lettering from the plate originally published by Harding and Lep
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Greenwich Hospital from the North-East. A view from the north-east off the Trafalgar Tavern (built 1837). To the left are a sprit-rigged fishing boat and a cutter-rigged smack at the former landing place there, with a figure boiling a kettle on a foreshor
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Habitans des Cotes (Environs du Havre) 2e.V.P.12 Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7301, PAD7303-PAD7330.
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Havana. H.M. Schr. Pickle Lt P. Hast. Slaver. Baltimore Clipper (Costero). Havana & Matanzas Steamer General Tacon. H.M. Packet. Drawing
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Hindostan (1841). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, and midship framing elevation illustrating the position and method of fixing the iron riders and knees on Hindostan (1841), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. It also indicates teh differe
6 June 1838
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HMS Daphne. Half-length polychrome female bust figurehead of HMS 'Daphne', an 18-gun corvette built at Pembroke Dock in 1838 and sold for breaking to Castle's, on the lower Thames at Charlton, in 1864. On 'Daphne's' completi
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted for a flagship at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1835-1839].
3 January 1838
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted for a flagship at Sheerness Dockyard. The plan illustrates the layout of the cabins in the after part of the ship. Signed by John Finch
3 January 1838
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted for a flagship at Sheerness Dockyard. The plan illustrates the layout of the storerooms and bulkheads. Signed
3 January 1838
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outline of the poop deck, and the quarterdeck and forecastle for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted for a flagship at Sheerness Dockyard. The plan illustrates the cabin layout for the Capt
3 January 1838
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted for a flagship at Sheerness Dockyard. The plan illustrates some of the bulkhead layout for the cabins. Signed by John Fincham [Master Shi
3 January 1838
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Illustration and plans of the Comet 1812. Line engraving showing a cross-section plan of 'Comet'p) (to, a view of the bow (bottom right), and a sketch of 'Comet' on the water (bottom left). Apparently drawn by a J. Wood. Inscribed: &
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Indus (1839). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the roundhouse proposed (and approved) for Indus (1839), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker. Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1835-1844].
25 July 1838
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J. & S. Seaward and Capel engine for the paddle sloop HMS Gorgon (1837). Scale: 1:24. A working model of an engine manufactured by J. & S. Seaward and Capel for the paddle sloop HMS Gorgon (1837). The model depicts a section of the direct acting f
circa 1838
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La Rentree au Port T.2.Page 93. Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7305, PAD7307-PAD7330.
1838
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Les Contrebandiers (Smugglers). T.33.P337. Album Maritime. Bound with PAD7297-PAD7318, PAD7320-PAD7330.
1838
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Lymington Roads. Print from 'Views of the principal Seats, and Marine and Landscape Scenery in the vicinity of Lymington, Hants, from original Pictures taken on the spot by J. M. Gilbert, Marine Painter’. This was a part publication lithographe
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Marquis Abraham Duquesne (1610-1688). A three-quarter length portrait to right in armour and wearing a fair full-bottomed wig. The sitter holds a baton in his right hand. This portrait is either a copy of, or based on an earlier original. Duquesne was a F
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Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's coronation, 1837. Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's coronation, 1837. Obverse: Queen Victoria seated on a dais being crowned by the Archbishop; classical figures on either side; a lion, shield and a cornuc
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Medal commemorating the ‘Emancipation in the West Indies’. Medal commemorating ‘Emancipation in the West Indies’. Obverse: An African man shakes hands with a European man attended by an African woman and child and a European woman
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Medal commemorating the action of the brig 'Mercury', 1829. Medal commemorating the action of the brig 'Mercury', 1829. Obverse: Within a laurel garland the imperial arms. Reverse: Mercury (centre), standing on a shell decorated with t
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Medal commemorating the capture of San Juan d'Ulloa, 1838. Medal commemorating the capture of San Juan d'Ulloa, 1838. Obverse: Head of King Louis Philippe, laureate (left). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . PHILIPPVS I . FRANCORVM . REX.' Reverse:
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Medal commemorating the construction of the lighthouse, Port of Venice. Medal commemorating the construction of the lighthouse, port of Venice. Obverse: A wharf receding with a lighthouse at the end. Starboard bow view of a full-rigged ship under sail (r
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Medal commemorating the visit of Admiral François Ferdinand de Joinville (1818-1900) to Rio de Janeiro, 1838. Medal commemorating the visit of Admiral François Ferdinand d'Orleans, Prince de Joinville (1818-1900) to Rio de Janeiro, 1838
1838
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Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. This floor-standing celestial globe forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, GLB0089. It is made of papier mache, covered with plaster and two sets of twelve half-gores, which are copper-engraved and hand-co
1838
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Panoramic View of the Town and Harbour of Marseille. Print
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Pavillons d' Arrondissements des Cotes de France. T.1er.Page 116 Album Maritime. Hand-coloured.; Bound with PAD7297-PAD7314, PAD7316-PAD7330. Print is loose.
1838
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