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Collection of material on Chinese craft; The Hangchow Bay fisher and trader. (Manuscript)
circa 1946
WTS/14
Collection of photographs, drawings and notes on Chinese craft; The Hangchow Bay fisher and trader. Contains a letter dated 1946.
A Compendium of Convoy during war at Sea. (Manuscript)
1976
WTS/32/3
Composite document titled A Compendium of Convoy during war at Sea, made up of 22 numbered parts stapled together, many of which are excerpts from other articles by Waters, "U-Boat Aces", for example.
The Sea- or Mariner's Astrolabe. (Manuscript)
1966
WTS/34/6
The Sea- or Mariner's Astrolabe, by Waters, in Portuguese publication Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga XV Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar, Coimbra, 1966.
Three Navigational Instruments Excluding Astrolabes Recovered from the Wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman “Batavia” (1629). (Manuscript)
1965
WTS/34/4
Three Navigational Instruments Excluding Astrolabes Recovered from the Wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman “Batavia” (1629), by Waters, from The Western Australian Museum Annual Report, 1965.
Origins of the English Art of Navigation in the Age of Drake. (Manuscript)
1974
WTS/32/1
Paper titled Origins of the English Art of Navigation in the Age of Drake, read at the first Reuniao da Historia da Nautica, held at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in October 1968, revised in 1974.…
The Science of Admiralty. (Manuscript)
1963-1964
WTS/34/2
Folder containing The Science of Admiralty, a paper in six parts, published in The Naval Review in 1963 and 1964. All parts except part 3 of this copy are xeroxes. Part 3 is an offprint.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/7/6
Box: “World Shipping. Negatives” containing 13 sheet film negatives and 2 glass negatives (copies of research material).
Title pages of English Navigational Books, 1641-1700. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/5/2
Folder containing photographic prints and sheet film negative copies of title pages of English navigational books between 1641 and 1700.
Henry C. Taylor Library - Title Pages of Foreign Navigational Books. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/5/1
Folder containing photographic prints and sheet film negative copies of title pages of navigational works in Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/7/4
Box: “Fragile Negatives” containing 1 glass negative and some notes.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/7/7
Box: 6 glass negative copies of research material, plus manuscript notes.
Collection of material on Chinese craft; Chekiang fishing vessels. (Manuscript)
circa 1946
WTS/12
Collection of notes, photographs and plans of Chinese craft; Chekiang fishing vessels. Also contains a letter dated 1946.
Drawings, plans and photogaphs of Singapore types of craft, circa1937. (Manuscript)
circa 1937
WTS/7
Drawings, plans and photogaphs of Singapore types of craft, circa 1937.
Notes on yacht design and Chinese sails, circa 1947. (Manuscript)
circa 1947
WTS/5
Notes on yacht design and Chinese sails, circa 1947.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/6/1
Anonymous to Briggs. 13 plates in labelled sleeves.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/6/3
Blagrave, Delamain, and Linschoten. 4 large plates in labelled sleeves.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/6/2
Blaue and Cunningham. 3 large plates in labelled sleeves.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/6/7
La Ramee to Norwood. 14 plates in labelled sleeves.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/6/6
Hakluyt to Hues. 14 plates in labelled sleeves.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript)
WTS/42/6/5
Field to Gunter. 9 plates in labelled sleeves.
Humphrey Baker. (Manuscript)
WTS/41/3/2
Folder marked "Baker, Humphrey / Well-Spryng (1562) (1568) (1574) (1580) (1584) / Rules (1577)" containing 6 library slips and 6 pages of handwritten notes.
Robert Hues. (Manuscript)
WTS/41/3/9
Folder marked "Hues, Robert, Foreign Editions" containing a typed list.
Leonard Digges. (Manuscript)
WTS/41/3/6
Folder marked "Digges, Leonard", containing a page of typed notes about his Prognostiation.
Edmund Gunter. (Manuscript)
WTS/41/3/7
Folder marked "Gunter, Edmund" containing a single page of notes.
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