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Cadrans solaires : exposition : 17-XII-2013 - 19-I-2014 : galerie Delalande = Sundials : exhibition /[Dominique & Eric Delalande]. Delalande, Dominique [2013?]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 529.78(44)

The history of Scarborough : from earliest times to the year 2000 /by Jack Binns. "There are at least thirteen other Scarboroughs in the world, but the Scarborough on Yorkshire's coast in England is the first and parent of all the others. This is a new account of a 2000-year old history of a place that has been Iron-Age camp, Roman signal station, Vikings' lair, Angevin castle, European fish fair, shipbuilding port and Britain's earliest watering resort that invented holidays by the sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

By the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland ... That all tobacco ... hath paid Her Majesty's full duties ... To the respective captains and commanders of Her Majesty's ships and vessels for the time being Great Britain. Admiralty. Commissioners 1712 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 337.34:633.71:094:355.51

Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society. [ed. Ray Riley]. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81(946.82)

The Royal Hospital School : celebrating 300 years /written and edited by Val Horsler with Bernard de Neumann and Rob Mann. "This beautifully illustrated new book provides a compelling and colourful new narrative of The Royal Hospital School from its origins in 1712 through to the present day and beyond. Using a range of archive material and vivid modern photographs, the book tells the story of this unique School illustrating all aspects of School life both past and present. Published to commemorate the anniversary celebrations, The Royal Hospital School: Celebrating 300 Years will link previous and present generations as it travels from Greenwich to Holbrook, and also: highlight the School's history and great traditions built up over three centuries; tell the stories of achievement for some of the many who attended; outline the characteristics of the contemporary modern School - focus on its ethos of embracing intellectual excellence, spiritual awareness, sporting achievement and service to the wider community."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.231.41(426.4)

An estimate of the debt of Her Majesty's Navy on the Heads hereafter-mention'd, as it stood on the 30th September last : with what thereof has and will be satisf'd by the South Sea Stock, pursuant to the late Act of Parliament on that behalf, and what remains of the said debt on the said 30th of September to be discharg'd ; with observations thereupon /Navy-Office. Detailed accounts of the debts of the Royal Navy. The observations which form the second section conclude that "a charge of this kind once incurr'd [...] is so far binding upon Parliament that, how little soever they approve of the means by which it was contracted, yet the publick credit being pawn'd, the Commons cannot, without the ruin of that, refuse to provide for it"--p. 4. 1712. • RAREPAM-OS • 1 copy available. 336.13:355.32"1712"

A gross of pirates : from Alfhild the Shield maiden to Afweyne the Big Mouth. "From anti-slavery heroes to evil murderers, from 'the Victual Brothers' to Somali raiders today, a 1000-year roll call of the pirates. It is no use pretending that these criminals do not evoke admiration - even envy. Part of the appeal is the democratic nature of their activities, characterised as far back as the 14th century by Klaus Stortebeker thieving in the Baltic - his crew were called the Likedeelers, the equal sharers. Author Terry Breverton has brought together the extraordinary stories of 144 pirates throughout history. They include Norman privateers, Barbary Corsairs, Elizabethan adventurers, Chinese pirates, 'the Brethren of the Coast' - and of course the pirates of the Caribbean. There are some surprises. Who, for example were the Dunkirkers? They were Spanish privateers based at Dunkirk, then held by the Spanish Habsburgs, who plagued the Dutch for more than eighty years. In 1587 the United Provinces of Holland declared the Dunkirk privateers to be pirates (there is a difference) making their naval captains swear an oath to throw all Dunkirker prisoners into the North Sea. The practice was known as voetenspoelen, 'washing the feet', and in winter would be a quick death. Beginning with the 9th-century 'Shield Maiden' pirate Alfhild and ending with Mohamed Abdi Hassan - 'Afweyne' (Big Mouth) - who ransomed supertankers for tens of millions of dollars, A Gross of Pirates is an exciting journey under full sail across a millennium of blood and treasure."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1(100)

Historiae coelestis libri duo : quorum prior exhibet catalogum stellarum fixarum Britannicum novum & locupletissimum una cum earundem planetarumque omnium observationibus sextante, micrometro, &c. habitis. Posterior transitus syderum per planum arcus meridionalis et distantias eorum a vertice complectitur. Observante Johanne Flamsteedio A.R. in observatorio regio Grenovicensi continua serie ab anno 1676 ad annum 1705 completum. Flamsteed, John, 1712. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 52.092:094

The hospital on the Island del Rey : the King's Island, Port of Mahon /Amics de l'Illa de l'Hospital Fundacion Hospital de la Isla del Rey. "This book is a selection of 21 short, extremely readable and interesting published texts, their authors all being connoisseurs of Menorca's 18C history. Each author tells his story about the most important naval hospital in the Mediterranean from a different perspective. Together with the history of the Isla del Rey, fascinating anecdotes are found throughout the book and readers will be entertained and suprised to learn how the island was bought and eventually paid for, of advanced medical expertise and of how the island was use by other nations. Lastly a photographic tribute to the Friends of Hospital Island whos the trials and triumphs of the restoration programme over the last six years."--Provided by the publisher. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Anson : Royal Navy commander and statesman, 1697-1762 /Anthony Bruce "George Anson, Baron Anson (1697-1762), circumnavigator and First Lord of the Admiralty, entered the Royal Navy in 1712 and progressed rapidly, achieving his first command in 1722. He benefited from the patronage of his uncle Thomas Parker, later the Earl of Macclesfield, who served as Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor until his impeachment for fraud in 1725. Anson first saw action at the Battle of Cape Passaro (1718) under Admiral Sir George Byng but most of his early career was spent as captain of the station ship based at Charleston, South Carolina. In 1737 he was appointed captain of the 60-gun Centurion and sent on patrol to West Africa and the Caribbean. It was in this ship that he circumnavigated the globe (1740-1744) during the war with Spain. Ordered to attack the Pacific coast of Spanish South America, the expedition almost ended in disaster when half of Anson's squadron disappeared as it encountered 'huge deep, hollow seas' during the passage around Cape Horn. Despite further heavy losses, Anson was able to carry out a limited number of raids against coastal targets, but his capture of the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Seänora de Covadonga off the Philippines was a real victory that secured his reputation (and wealth). On his return Anson, welcomed as a national hero, soon revealed his political ambitions: he joined the opposition Whigs, was elected MP for Hedon and appointed to the Admiralty Board. Although he entered the Board while still a captain, he secured rapid promotion to Rear-Admiral, Vice-Admiral and then Admiral of the Fleet. Anson returned to sea in command of the Western Squadron in 1746-1747 and his notable victory against the French at the Battle of Cape Finisterre was a rare example of a British naval success after seven years of war. Anson, who was then raised to the peerage, returned to the Admiralty Board, working with the Duke of Bedford as First Lord and with Lord Sandwich on a series of naval reforms, which included ending political interference in courts-martial, introducing compulsory retirement, innovations in ship design and the formation of the Royal Marines under Admiralty control. In 1751, Anson succeeded Lord Sandwich as First Lord of the Admiralty and served until his death in 1762 (except for one brief interruption in 1756-1757 following the loss of Minorca). The reform programme continued, but his main priority on returning to office (and the Cabinet) in the Pitt-Newcastle coalition was the Seven Years War: its strategic direction, planning operations and preparing naval forces. Although he died shortly before the conflict ended, Pitt later said of Anson: 'to his wisdom, to his experience the nation owes the glorious success of the last war.' Horace Walpole inevitably took a more critical view: 'Lord Anson was reserved and proud, and so ignorant of the world, that Sir Charles Williams said he had been round it, but never in it.' Anson's earlier biographers have focused on the story of the circumnavigation, which has largely defined his reputation, as well as his victories at sea. However, other aspects of his career, particularly his roles as a naval reformer and wartime strategist, deserve to be given greater weight in reassessing his position as a leading figure in British naval history. As one commentator has pointed out, 'there is an increasing cultural valuation of administrative skills that allows an Anson to be remembered in the same arena with, but still distinctly from, a Nelson. Whereas Horatio Nelson is certainly the most well-known and enduring example of a naval hero, others followed different paths to success during their lifetimes.'"--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.07092

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