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. Horizontal pedestal dial for latitude 52° North. The dial has an octagonal bronze dial-plate with four screw holes. It has an hour-circle, within which is a minute-circle. The hour-lines radiate from a small circle around the base of the gnomon. The
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National Maritime Museum

Ceylon. Mounted with PAD1858.
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Counter commemorating the defeat of the Dutch fleet under Admiral Houtain, 1606. Counter commemorating the defeat of the Dutch fleet under Admiral William Hautain, 1606. Obverse: A ship full of sailors in distress. Legend: 'SERVAT . VIGILANTIA . CONC
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Counter commemorating the defeat of the Dutch fleet under Admiral Houtain, 1606. Counter commemorating the defeat of the Dutch fleet under Admiral William Hautain, 1606. Obverse: A ship full of sailors in distress. Legend: 'SERVAT . VIGILANTIA . CONC
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National Maritime Museum

Delineatio Regiae Civitatis Candy. Plan of the city in Ceylon. Text in Latin on reverse.; Plate VIII.
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Icon Civitatis Matecalo, una cum aliis circumstantiis. Procession towards palace. Text in Latin below image.; Plate V.
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Nova Reperta: Discovery of the Establishment of the Longitudes (Orbis Longitudines Repertae e Magnetis a Polo Declinatione). Technique includes etching.
c. 1580-1605
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Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Single sheet, engraving. Scale [circa 1:75,000,000]. Mercator projection world map with two polar insets. the prime meridian is through the Azores. The sea area is decorated with ships and mo
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Pugna inter Regem in Pegu et Regemin Auua. Battle between the armies of Pegu and Auua, ca.1606?. Text in Latin below image.; Plate XVIII.
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Sequunturiam Icones ad alteram huius operis navigatio. Oxen driving a wheel to raise water from a river, also trapping of birds. Text in Latin below image.; Plate VIII.
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Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. Elephants entering an enclosure. Text in Latin below image.; Plate XIX.
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[Portions of a world map]. 3 portions of a coloured manuscript map on vellum. Portion A contains a north polar inset and a Latin description of Nova Guinea and its decoration includes a female figure seated on an armadillo in the foreground of a battle sc
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