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The Sea Chart and the English Colonisation of America. (Manuscript)
1957
WTS/33/12
Reprinted from The American Neptune, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1957, and bound.
Academic correspondence relating to National Maritime Museum. (Manuscript)
circa 1965
WTS/39/1
Correspondence regarding lectures, acquisitions, and other museum matters, including: notes and correspondence re. an astrolabe; proposed purchases file for replicas of Mariners Astrolabe; correspondence re.…
Photographs: Title pages. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/1
Box of photographic copies (negatives, positives and some photocopies) of title pages of navigational works from various libraries, for Waters's Bibliography of Navigation. Kept in original sequence. Includes a list.
Plane Sailing or Horizontal Navigation. (Manuscript)
1956
WTS/33/10
Reprint of Waters's article on Plane Sailing from the Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. IX, October 1956.
Early Pole Star Tables. (Manuscript)
1956
WTS/33/9
Reprint of Waters's article on Early Pole Star Tables from the Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. IX, April 1956.
Two bound volumes, both titled: 'Portuguese S.T.C.(Tentative) 1496-1640'. (Manuscript)
1958
WTS/41/2/12
Two volumes, possibly two copies of the same document (but it is difficult to tell exactly due to the collage-like nature of the contents of both). There is loose material inserted into both volumes. 'S.T.C.' stands for Short Title Catalogue.
Early Time and Distance Measurement a Sea. (Manuscript)
1955
WTS/33/7
Reprint (bound) of Waters's article Early Time and Distance Measurement at Sea from the Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. VIII, April 1955.
Chinese Junks: The Hangchow Bay Trader and Fisher. (Manuscript)
1947
WTS/33/5
Reprint of Waters's article on the Hangchow Bay Trader and Fisher from The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 33, January 1947.
Microfilm. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/4/2
Box: “Hubrigh 1565 + 68” containing 2 short rolls of film without reels;
Box: “Positive … Rutter of the Sea” containing a microfilm on a plastic reel;
Box: “Bourne… 1594, Hood … 1602” containing 2 tight rolls of film without reels;…
Reflections Upon the Voyages of Captain James Cook to the Pacific (1768-1780). (Manuscript)
1975
WTS/34/17
Reprint of this article by Waters from Russian publication stamped Comite d'Organisation du XIII Congres International d'Histoire des Sciences, Staropanski.
Photograph album, 'Chinese Junks Vol IV', 1938 (Manuscript)
1938
WTS/24
Photograph album, 'Chinese Junks Vol IV', 1938.
Framed and glazed watercolour by Waters showing Hangchow Bay, Amoy and Ta-Pu-To types of Chinese craft, 1932. (Manuscript)
1932
WTS/25
Framed and glazed watercolour by Waters showing Hangchow Bay, Amoy and Ta-Pu-To types of Chinese craft, 1932.
33 photographs: Le Routier de la Mer. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/2/2
Photographic copies of possibly the entire contents of Le Routier de la Mer by Pierre Garcie-Ferrande.
Chinese Junks. An Exception: The Tongkung. (Manuscript)
1940
WTS/33/3
Xerox copy of an offprint of Waters's article on the Tongkung from The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 26, January 1940.
Review of "Science and Civilisation in China, Volume IV, Physics and Physical Technology, Part III: Civil Engineering and Nautics" by Joseph Needham. (Manuscript)
1973
WTS/34/16
Review written by Waters of a publication by Joseph Needham in collaboration with Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen, Cambridge University Press, 1971, photocopied from The Mariner's Mirror, Vol. 59, No. 2, May 1973.
Chinese Junks: The Antung Trader. (Manuscript)
1938
WTS/33/1
Xerox copy of an offprint of Waters's article on Antung Traders from The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 24, January 1938.
Spanish Navigational STC - 1485-1699: Alphabetical Index of Authors. (Manuscript)
WTS/41/1/9
'STC' stands for Short Title Catalogue. The file is split into two sections. Clipped to the front cover is a typed and annotated maritime bibliography in Spanish; handwritten notes and 2 photographs. In the ring binder, a typed bibliography split into alphabetical dividers.
Convoy, for Navy International. (Manuscript)
1978
WTS/32/5
Folder containing 3 pieces of correspondence between Waters and the editor of Navy International J. Palmer, dated September 1977 to January 1978; a typed copy of 'Convoy', a think-piece by Waters, with 3 pages of figures; several pages of manuscript and photocopied notes on the topic.
Loose negatives (film and prints copies) of Le Grand Routier de la Mer. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/3/2
2 strips of 6 film negatives and 8 prints, of parts of Pierre Garcie-Ferrande's Grand Routier de la Mer.
Photograph album, 'Chinese Junks Vol II', 1938. (Manuscript)
1938
WTS/22
Photograph album, 'Chinese Junks Vol II', 1938.
Collection of material on Chinese craft; 'Fair Notes Vol II', notes on construction and rigging with sketches. (Manuscript)
1937
WTS/20
Small notebook 'Fair Notes Vol II', containing notes on construction and rigging with sketches. Dated "December 1937" on the inside cover
Collection of material on Chinese craft; Northern fishing junks. (Manuscript)
circa 1937
WTS/17
Collection of drawings, notes and photographs of Northern fishing junks. Two of the drawings are dated 1937.
Collection of material on Chinese craft; River craft. (Manuscript)
WTS/18
Typed essay on River Craft, no date.
Collection of material on Chinese craft; Chekiang junks. (Manuscript)
WTS/13
Typed essay on Chekiang junks, no date.
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