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Tables of the prime numbers, and prime factors of the composite numbers, from 1 to 100,000 : with the methods of their construction, and examples of their use /by Edward Hinkley, A. M. Hinkley, Edward, 1853. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51(083.5):094
Introductionis in universam geographiam tam veterem quam novam Cluverius, Philippus 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:914/919
De nieuwe groote vermeerderde zee-atlas ofte water-werelt : vertoonende alle de zee-kusten des aerdtrycks Doncker, Hendrik 1676 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(26)"16"
A list of several ships belonging to English merchants taken by French privateers since December, 1673 ... Great Britain.-Board of Trade 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61.086.26"1674/1676"
A plain and easie rule to rigge any ship by the length of his masts and yards Bond, Henry 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:629.12.014.2
The Grand pyrate: or, the life and death of Capt George Cusack the great sea-robber. With an accompt of all his notorious robberies both at sea & land. Together with his tryal, condemnation and execution Cusack, George 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92Cusack
An Act to prevent the disturbances of seamen and others and to preserve the stores belonging to His Majesties Navy Royal : Anno 16 Caroli II regis Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537
A particular narrative of the burning in the port of Tripoli, four men of war, belonging to those corsairs, by Sir John Narbrough ... on the 14th of January 1671 ... 1676 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:341.362.1(612)"1676"
Leeven en daden der doorluchtige zee-helden en ontdeckers van landen ... beginnende met Christoffel Columbus ... en eyndigende met ... de Ruyter ... B, V D 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61:094:92
A letter from the Heer Lieutenant-Admiral de Ruyter, to the States-General of the United Provinces; giving an account of the late engagement between him, and the French fleet, on the coast of Sicily Ruyter, Michiel Adriaenszoon de 1676 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1676"(44:492)
The longitude found : or a treatise showing an easy and speedy way, as well by night as by day, to find the longitude, having but the latitude of the place and the inclination of the magnetical inclinatory needle Bond, Henry 1676 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:528.282
The theatre of the empire of Great-Britain : presenting an exact geography of the kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and the isles adjoyning. As also the shires, hundreds, cities and the shire-towns within the kingdom of England and Principality of Wales ... with a prospect of the most famous parts of the world ... Speed, John 1676 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(42)"16"
British piracy in the golden age : history and interpretation, 1660-1730. Volume 2 /Editor Joel H. Baer. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Historical abstract of ages of entry into the Navy. A short history of the relevant legislation and regulations on the age of entry into the Royal Navy, and a table showing the ages of junior officers submitting themselves for lieutenants' examinations from 1676-1914. 191?]. • PAMPHLET • 3 copies available. 355.21(42)"1676/1914"
A Greenwich canvas and beyond / Margaret Kaye. This handy companion, a broad-based leisurely foray through two millenia at Greenwich, focuses on the events before and after Canaletto painted, in 1752, the completed Royal Seamen's Hospital fronting the Thames. On the hill behind, the Royal Observatory, built in 1676, provided the very expert astronomy that led to the local time transforming the world: the much revered Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Longitude Line 0.00º (Prime Meridian). Now the old fishing village and royal estate, 10 Km (6 mi) downriver from central London, is a World Heritage Site displaying spellbinding history, science, and seamanship. It began as a short article about a day out to Greenwich and then snowballed. The result is but a few basic stitches in a titanic tapestry of history, geography, science, astronomy, and maritime endeavour. The dates are included merely as signposts and stepping stones to accompany the reader when wandering through, perhaps in wonderment, two thousand years of events. -- from Amazon. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.216
Tales from the Captain's Log : from Captain Cook to Charles Darwin, Blackbeard and Nelson - accounts of great events at sea from those who were there "For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives and give a vivid picture of the situations that they encountered. Entries range from Captain James Cook's notes of his discovery of the South Pacific and Australia, to logs of the great naval battles, such as Waterloo and Trafalgar. From the ships that attempted to stop piracy in the Caribbean, to the surgeons who recorded the health of the men they tended and naturalists who noted the exotic plants and animals they encountered, comes a fascinating picture of life at sea, richly illustrated with maps, drawings and facsimile documents found alongside the logs in the archives."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)
The Other Norfolk Admirals : Myngs, Narbrough and Shovell /Simon Harris "The careers of the three Norfolk admirals were intimately related. Narbrough and Shovell came from the small North Norfolk hamlet of Cockthorpe and Myngs from nearby Salthouse. In the 1660s, Myngs was the captain, Narbrough the lieutenant and Shovell the lowly cabin boy in the same ship. It is also possible that they were all related at least by marriage. In the majority of the naval wars of the second half of the seventeenth and the early eighteenth centuries one or other of them was invariably present. Cloudesley Shovell was born to a yeoman farmer; he entered the Navy whilst still a boy and, in 1676, came to national prominence by burning the four ships of the Dey of Tripoli right under his castle walls. This led to conflict with Samuel Pepys over a gold medal that the generous Charles II had awarded Shovell. Later there was a spectacular falling out with James II over the new king's Catholicism. Following Narbrough's premature death, Shovell married his widow: effectively the cabin boy marrying the admiral's widow which is unique in British naval history. Brave to a fault, in the reigns of William and Mary, and Anne, Shovell became the leading fighting admiral of the age. In 1707, at the very height of his considerable powers, Shovell and nearly 2,000 men drowned after his ships were wrecked on the rocks of Scilly. According to his grandson, Shovell arrived on the shore alive and was then brutally murdered for the sake of an emerald ring on his finger. Faulty navigation was at the heart of Shovell's demise; did he keep his appointment with the celebrated scientist, Sir Isaac Newton, to discuss longitude? New theories concerning the causes of the disaster are examined and also the fate of his gold dinner service. Explorer, navigator, consummate sailor and naval administrator, John Narbrough was all this and more. No biography of Narbrough has been produced for 85 years and much new material has come to light in this time. For example the rediscovery of the ship, the Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion from which Narbrough was trying to salvage sunken Spanish silver when he died from a mysterious illness. In addition, the British Library recently raised a large sum of money to buy Narbrough's journals of his voyage [1669-71] into the Pacific Ocean and up to, what is now, modern day Chile. He illustrated his journals with paintings of the flora and fauna plus accurate depictions of the harbours that he visited. On his return journey, Narbrough became the first Englishman to sail through the Strait of Magellan from west to east. Both Narbrough and Shovell owed so much to Christopher Myngs and yet no comprehensive biography of him has yet been written. In the 1650s, out in the West Indies, he played very much the part of an Elizabethan buccaneer with repeated attacks on the Spanish Main. After helping himself to treasure that more properly belonged to the state, he was shipped home to England in semi-disgrace. However, in the run-up to the Restoration of the monarchy, the authorities did not think it appropriate to discipline the most popular man in the Navy. Later, at the Four Days' Battle of 1666, Myngs leading the English van, would attempt to fight on despite having his face shattered by a musket ball. Six days later, he died at his home in London and was buried in an East London churchyard which has now become a seedy park. He deserved better."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:355.333.3