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. This wooden rule is known as a Gunter rule and is inscribed with scales to help with navigational calculations. The scales on the front include a linear scale in inches, a diagonal scale to set exact lengths, scales of leagues, chords, rhumbs, sines, ta
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A chart of the North Sea sold by Richd. Mount & Thos. Page at the postern on Great Tower Hill. Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:3,000,000 (bar)]. The scale is in English and French leagues. North is at 90 degrees. The border is gr
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A smalschip in a strong breeze. Signed by artist and dated.
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Carreck Fergus. Single sheet,engraving, mounted on modern backing sheet. Scale [circa 1:75,000 bar]. Scale in English miles. This chart of Carrickfergus, Belfast Lough, is ungraduated and has sparse soundings. It contains a view: A prospect of Carreck-Fe
1700
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Counter commemorating Admiral de Tourville (1642-1701). Counter commemorating Admiral Anne Hilarion de Contentin, Comte de Tourville (1642-1701). Obverse: Arms of Admiral de Tourville, ducal coronet above, resting upon crossed anchors and batons. Reverse:
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Counter commemorating Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737). Counter commemorating Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Comte de Toulouse in a long wig, low collar, armour
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Counter commemorating the Marquis de Forville at Messina. Counter commemorating the Marquis de Forville at Messina. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX.' Reverse: Neptune with raised trident driving his two
1700
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Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Below: 'TONNINGA ANNO MDCC.' Reverse: A
1700
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Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Below: 'TONNINGA ANNO MDCC.' Reverse: A
1700
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Medal commemorating the bombardment of Tönningen and Copenhagen, 1700. Obverse: Tönningen bombarded, shells bursting. Inscription: 'TONNINGA ANNO . MDCC'. Rev
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Medal commemorating the proposed departure of Archduke Charles III for Barcelona, 1700. Medal commemorating Archduke Charles III's proposed departure for Barcelona, 1700. Obverse: Bust of the Archduke Charles III in a long wig and cloak over armour,
1700
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Pas kaart vande zee-kusten van Cicilia Calabria Graetia en Morea tusschen C.Passaro, C.Lenqua en I Serigo. Chart of S. Central Mediterranean. Brindisi and Valona to Syracuse and C. Matapan. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:1 500 000 (lat)]. Contents Note:
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Planesphaeri ....Meridionale. Printed celestial planispheres, coloured southern hemisphere has diagrams of an eclipse of the sun ; the moon and the planets. Also tables for star fixing. Northern hemisphere gives tables and 22 diagrams of the "Planisp
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Planesphaerii Coelestis Hemisphaerium Septentrionale. Printed celestial planispheres, coloured southern hemisphere has diagrams of an eclipse of the sun ; the moon and the planets. Also tables for star fixing. Northern hemisphere gives tables and 22 diagr
1700
National Maritime Museum

Ships under bare poles in a gale. Medium includes graphite.
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National Maritime Museum

Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere show the interior of North America as mostly empty. California is drawn as a peninsula, and Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to the Dutch discoveries. There
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Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table below Sagittarius in a cartouche with the symbol of the Sun on top with text. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled. A total of 27 st
Gores produced: 1700; Plates altered: after 1711
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