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. Astronomical compendium for latitudes 0°-74° North. It has a lid and a base that open, leaving a central ring. The instrument includes a Rojas projection and a volvelle for calculating the length of day/night which both appear on the outside of
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. Box for the astronomical compendium for latitudes 0°-74° North. For more information regarding this dial please refer to the OUP & NMM catalogue, 'Sundials at Greenwich'.

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Elisabet D G Ang. Fran. Hib. et Verg. Regina Fidei Christianae Propugnatrix Acerrima. Text in Latin below image. Portrait of Elizabeth I by Crispin van de Passe. Holding orb and sceptre.
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Voyagers disembarking in Brasil ca.1556 (on reverse). Text in Latin and on reverse.; Pages 145 and 146.
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[Central Atlantic]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:16 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Equator marked. Shallows indicated around the north coast of Brazil. From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship p
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[Central Mediterranean]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: Iconography: rulers, cities. From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship page: 'Joan Oliv
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[East Mediterranean and Black Sea]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Loxodromes, scale. Contents Note: Iconography: cities, flags, rulers, Red Sea in red, Hill of Golgotha. From an at
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[NE Atlantic, Spain to Iceland]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:14 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude scale. Contents Note: Iconography: king of France depicted; other states represented by shields. From
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[Western Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude scale. Contents Note: Iconography: cities and rulers. From an atlas of six cartographic i
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[world planisphere]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:100 000 000]. Contents Note: America labelled Terra Nova, India. Large southern continent shown. From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship page: 'Joan Oliva in
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