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English: "Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to John Nourse, Greenwich, 1767. AGC/8/29 (reproduction). Nevil Maskelyne compiled this list of instruments in preparation for Captain Cook's third Pacific voyage. The list included navigational instruments such as marine timekeepers, quadrants and sextants. The other instruments would have been used by the accompanying team of astronomers." |
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