The wedding dress Celia wore for her wedding to Elliott.
This is what a normal Elliott would wear to a normal formal-ish function. Please imagine this in black with silver trim.
This is similar to what Elliott would have worn as a fleet commander in His Majesty's Royal Navy.
Lord Macaroni Tavendish looks far, far worse than this.
Western Hemisphere and all points of importance in Dunham. They got around. Without planes.
A third-rate (left), as a warship, has the best qualities of a battleship and patrol sloop (right), but is still not as fast as a sloop. A sloop's value is its speed and relative cargo capacity.
Gross frigate anatomy. A sloop does not have a poopdeck.
A contemporary detail of a third rate (above) and first-rate cross section (below).
Berwick-upon-Tweed, the cliffs on which Tavendish Manor sits. Please also see Black as Knight, as it's in the same place in 1420 as it is in 1770.
The House of Lords, Elliott's workplace.
The garb Elliott would have worn in the House of Lords.
Mariner's compass, currently at Royal Museums Greenwich. The compass itself is mounted on brass gimbals to keep it steady on a moving ship.
Solomon's apothecary. This is actually a 19th-century model, one that would have gone with Lewis & Clark on their journey, but hey, it's my book.
The K1. Larcum Kendall's duplication of John Harrison's H4 mariner's watch, the first watch able to account for time at longitude at sea.
The view from Celia and Talaat's bedroom in Casa Blanca.
The wedding dress Celia wore for her wedding to Talaat. Because he was wealthy, the stones would be real pearls.
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