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Twelve views of Maker Church depicting the different signals from the tower used by the...

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Twelve views of Maker Church depicting the different signals from the tower used by the British Navy. This shows a pre-Napoleonic signalling system used by the British Navy in the middle of the eighteenth century. It predates, and is significantly cruder than, semaphore and could only be used for short-distance signalling
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THE SIGNALS for his Majesties Navy from Maker Church at Plymouth [London]: Printed for and Sold by Henry Overton Map and Printseller at the White Horse without Newgate, London, and by the booksellers of Plymouth and Exeter, [before 1764] Language: English Source/Shelfmark: Maps K.Top.11.123

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flag / navy / army / flag / 18th century / flags / navy / signals / naval forces / signal
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