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The Admiral Benbow / Sam Willis. "Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with. In 1702, however, when Benbow engaged a French squadron off the Spanish main, other ships in his squadron failed to support him. His leg shattered by a cannon-ball, Benbow fought on - but to no avail: the French escaped and the stricken Benbow succumbed to his wounds. When the story of his 'Last Fight' reached England, there was an outcry. Two of the captains who had abandoned him were court-martialled and shot; 'Brave Benbow' was elevated from national hero to national legend, his valour immortalized in broadsheet and folksong: ships were named after him; Tennyson later fãeted him in verse; in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the tavern where Jim Hawkins and his mother live is called 'The Admiral Benbow'. For the very first time, Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Benbow through an age of dramatic change, from his birth under Cromwell's Commonwealth; to service under the restored Stuart monarchy; to the Glorious Revolution of 1688; to the French wars of Louis XIV; and finally to the bitter betrayal of 1702. The Admiral Benbow covers all aspects of seventeenth century naval life in richly vivid detail, from strategy and tactics to health and discipline. But Benbow also worked in the Royal Dockyards, lived in Samuel Evelyn's House, knew Peter the Great, helped to found the first naval hospital, and helped to build the first offshore lighthouse."--From the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BENBOW
Traitâe des principes et des ráegles de la peinture / par J.-E. Liotard, peinture, citoyen de Genáeve. Liotard, Jean-Etienne, Ã2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt
Sermones in solenni Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis conventu die XXIX. aprilis anni MDCCXLII. recitati. Krafft, Georg Wolfgang, 1742 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 521:094
Thesaurus geographicus : a new body of geography 1695 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:913(100)
1688--The Seaborne Alliance and diplomatic revolution : proceedings of an international symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 5-6 October 1988 /editors, Charles Wilson, David Proctor. International Symposium on the Seaborne Alliance and Diplomatic Revolution-Greenwich) 1989. • BOOK • 6 copies available. 942.067/.068
Thesaurus geographicus recognitus et auctus ... Ortelius, Abraham 1596 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:91(03)
A new compendium of the whole art of practical navigation ... Jones, William, 1702 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:527
Newton's forgotten lunar theory : his contribution to the quest for longitude /Nicholas Kollerstrom. "Around the turn of the eighteenth century, one of the most pressing practical scientific problems was accurate prediction of the moon's position. Although Isaac Newton had hoped to solve this problem using the dynamic approach developed in Principia in 1687, he never succeeded in doing so. Instead, he reverted to an old-fashioned kinematic theory, using epicyclic motion. A terse summary of the theory was published in 1702 by David Gregory as part of his Astronomiae elementa. The present work includes Newton's full text with annotations explaining terms and relating the text to Kollerstrom's analysis. In this detailed study, Kollerstrom solves the enigma of Newton's "forgotten" lunar theory. He ascertains, for the first time ever, just what Newton's theory did and did not achieve."--From Amazon. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NEWTON:523.3-13"17"
Memoires d'artillerie : ou il est traite des mortiers, petards, arquebuses ... Surirey de Saint Remy, Pierre 1702 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:623.41/.45
Astronomiae physicae & geometricae elementa Gregory, David 1702 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 52.092:094
Atlas maritimus novus : or the new sea-atlas Mount, Richard 1702 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(26)"17"
The present condition of the English navy set forth in a dialogue betwixt young Fudg of the Admiralty, and Capt Steerwell, an Oliverian commander 1702 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:354.71
Sea fisheries : boats and methods of fishing : the Sea Fishing (Northwest Atlantic) Licensing (Variation) Order 1973 Great Britain. Statutory Instruments 1973 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available. 639.2.052.3(261)
Longitudinum terrestrium necnon coelestium, nova et hactenus optata scientia Morino, Johann Baptiste 1634 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.09:094
Observationes diametrorum solis et lunae apparentium, meridianarumque aliquot altitudinum solis et paucarum fixarum Mouton, Gabrielle 1670 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092:094
Upright fyrie colomne ... wherein are described and lively portrayed all the coasts of the west, north and east seas Colom, Jacob Aertsz 1648 • ATLAS-FOL • 1 copy available. 094:527.83(261:264)
Anno regni Annae reginae ... primo : at the Parliament ... 30th day of December, 1701 : an Act ... concerning repairing and amending of bridges and highways ... Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1702 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:342.537
The sailor's groans : or a short but faithful relation of many of the horrid abuses and oppressions our English seamen lay under during the late war ... with some proposals for increasing their pay and incouraging of them ... 1702 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.124
The history of the Royal-Society of London, for the improving of natural knowledge Sprat, Thomas 1702 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22:094
Tables of time calculated for two hundred years, viz the XVII and XVIII centuries. To which are added Mr Flamsteed's table of equation of natural days and other usefull tables Smart, John 1702 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:059
A Bill to explain the Act of the first year of Her Majesties reign entituled, An Act to oblige Edward Whitaker to account for such summs of publick money as hath been received by him Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1702 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 92Whitaker
L'usage des astrolabes : tant universals que particuliers :accompagnâe d'un traitâe, qui en explique la construction par des maniere simples & faciles, avec les figures necessaires pour l'intellegence de ce traitâe /par le sieur Bion. Bion, N.-(Nicolas), 1702. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.2E
The terror of the seas? : Scottish maritime warfare 1513-1713 /by Steve Murdoch. Murdoch, Steve c2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1513/1713"(411)
An Introduction to astronomy, geography, navigation, and other mathematical sciences made easie by the description and uses of the coelestial and terrestrial globes Morden, Robert 1702 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:52