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't Ooster deel van Oost Indien, streckende van Ceylon tot Japan en Hollandia Nova.. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Equator graduated for longitude and contains a latitude scale. Plane chart. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and French and
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. Diptych dial for latitude 51° North. This dial has two leaves that fold flat when not in use. Leaf Ia contains an equinoctial dial with a projection of solar declination lines. Leaf Ib carries the Southern half of the equinoctial dial and the vertic
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. Eyepiece cap that is made of wood and covered in brown leather. The round cap has a gold dot pattern around the side and the end has a gold motif.
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. Objective lens cap that is made of wood and covered in brown leather. The round cap has a gold dot pattern around the side and the end has gold flourishes and an inscription.
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A touch piece. Commemorative medalet. A touch piece. Obverse: Ship in full sail (left). Legend: 'CAR . II . D . G . M . B . FR . ET . HI . REX.' Reverse: St Michael and the Dragon. Legend: 'SOLI . DEO . GLORIA.' (To God alone the glor
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Admiral George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, 1608-1670. Text in Latin below image.
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Dutch shipping. Oil painting, signed 'AV Veen fecit' on the leeboard of the boyuer or similar vessel centre right.
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Pas-caert van Texel tot aen de Hoofden. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Scales in Dutch, Spanish and English and French miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places: North Sea, Thames estuary, Netherlands. Bo
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Pas-caerte van Groenland Ysland, Straet Davids en Ian Mayen eyland; hoemen de selvige van Hitland en de noord kusten van van Schotlandt en Yrlandt bezeylen mach 't Amsterdam by Iohannes van Loon plaet-snyder en zee caert maker. Single sheet. Hand col
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Pascaart vertoonende de zeecusten van Chile, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova Granada, en California. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Border graduated for latitude. Bar scale in Dutch miles only. Additional Places: Pacific Am
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Pascaerte vande Caribische eylanden, vande Barbados tot aende Bocht van Mexico. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and French and English miles [actually leagues]. Additional Places:
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Paskaarte van't zuydelyskste deel van America van Cabo St Antonio, tot Caep de Hoorn. Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Bar scales in Dutch, Spanish and French and English miles [actually leagues]. Additio
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Portrait of the ‘Geloof’, built in 1661 and last mentioned in 1674.. The ‘Geloof’, viewed from the port bow and showing the lower masts, the courses furled and the yards a-cockbill, and the topsails stowed. Bowsprit and sprit top a
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Telescope. This Galilean telescope has the name 'IACOB CUNIGHAM' and the date '1661' stamped onto the objective lens cap, making it one of the oldest dated telescopes in Britain. The two draw tubes are made of wood covered in marbled
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