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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
A Spanish view of the Great Fire of London
A 1666 report shows the fire made international news
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes
Is this burnt bible a survivor of the Great Fire of London?
Hidden away for years, we trace its journey from flames to museum shelves
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From our experts
Mapping the legacy of slavery in London’s Docklands
Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape
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A Map of Chelsea Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717 (map)
Barlow, J., Ward, Edward
1664-1717; 1810
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