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Greenwich’s Maritime Heritage Spotlighted In BBC Program
The program, featuring Norman Dahl, explores Greenwich near the historic dockyard, the Royal Observatory, and the Maritime Museum. It covers the origin of Greenwich Mean Time, the moon method for timekeeping, the long case clocks, and Captain Cook’s navigation era. It notes the Cutty Sark, the Painted Hall, and the naval college’s evolution serving seamen and officers.
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Greenwich
London
Daniel Defoe
Great Britain
Norman Dahl
Royal Greenwich Naval College
BBC World Service
BBC
Richard Woolley
Astronomer Royal
Royal Observatory
Charles I
Observatory
Captain Cook
Pacific
Cook
Aopg
Thomas Harrison
Sir Richard
Sussex
Maritime Museum
Sir Christopher Wren
Edward Archibald
Royal Palace
Humphrey
Henry VI
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Anne Boleyn
Wren
Royal Navy
Royal Naval College
James Thornhill
Nelson
Trafalgar
China
Australia
Britain