Library Results | Royal Museums Greenwich

An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air, March the 6th, 1715/16, at night Whiston, William 1716 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:551.5

Admiral Sir John Norris : and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea 1715-1727 /David Denis This book covers the naval, military, political and diplomatic history of Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, England and Russia during the Great Northern War. It is chiefly a biographical study of Norris who commanded British expeditions in the Baltic Sea. The British naval presence was important for Britain's diplomacy and trade with the Baltic powers. Norris was a serving naval officer but also a representative of George I, whose dual role as King of England and Elector of Hanover placed him in a difficult political situation regarding the Northern powers. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Alexander Dolzell, a pirate, who was hang'd at Execution Dock in Wapping, on Monday the 5th of December, 1715 Lorrain, Paul, Ordinary of Newgate 1715 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 92Dolzell:094:341.362.1

A calculation of the great eclipse of the sun, April 22d 1715 in the morning, from Mr Flamsteed's tables Whiston, W 1715? • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 521.81"1715"

Habsburg and Bourbon Europe, 1470-1720 / Roger Lockyer. Lockyer, Roger. 1974. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 944"1470/1720"

The birth of modern Europe Cairns, Trevor 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.05/.06

Medailles sur les principaux evenements du regne entier de Louis le Grand, avec des explications historiques. Acadâemie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France) 1723. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 355.48"1643/1714"(44)

Chasing Empire across the sea: communications and the state in the French Atlantic 1713-1763 Banks, Kenneth J 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.46(44)"1713/1763"

The Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century 1652-1674 Boxer, C R 1974 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1652/1674"(42:492)

The buccaneer explorer : William Dampier's voyages /edited and with an introduction by Gerald Norris. Contains extracts from the writing of Captain William Dampier (1651-1715) who circumnavigated the globe three times, spent much of his life as a buccaneer, privateer or pirate and wrote the first major English travel book A New Voyage Round the World. This was followed by Voyages and Descriptions, including a Discourse of Winds and A Voyage to New Holland detailing the peoples and places he had found or visited. As a result Dampier was acknowledged to be a skilled navigator as well as an explorer and scientific observer and a source of inspiration for Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe and Samuel Coleridge. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)"16/17"

The history of English sea ordnance, 1523-1875 / Adrian B. Caruana. Caruana, Adrian B., 1994-1997. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.42(42)"15/18"

Admiral Satan : the life and campaigns of Suffren "Cavaliero's biography was the first in English of Admiral Pierre Andrâe de Suffren de Saint Tropez, le Baillie de Suffren. "Le Baillie de Suffren was an undisputed hero of the French Ancien Regime. Admired by both Nelson and Napoleon and known to his lascars as 'Admiral Satan', Suffren's reputation centred on his campaign during the Second Anglo-Mysorean War of 1782-3 - the last great challenge by France to Britain's supremacy in the Indian sub-continent. This account of Suffren's career in the Indies not only provides a fascinating study of one major naval campaign, but also an in-depth analysis of naval strategy and tactics, warfare, and the importance of Suffren's revolutionary role and effect on later naval campaigns."--Provided by the publisher. 1994 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.71East India

India in the French imagination : peripheral voices, 1754-1815 /Kate Marsh. Marsh, Kate. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.5(540)"1754/1815"

The Sun King at sea : maritime art and galley slavery in Louis XIV's France /Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss. "Mediterranean maritime art and the forced labor on which it depended were fundamental to the politics and propaganda of France's King Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715). Yet most studies of French art in this period focus on Paris and Versailles, overlooking the presence or portrayal of galley slaves on the kingdom's coasts. By examining a wide range of artistic productions - ship design, artillery sculpture, medals, paintings, and prints - Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss uncover a vital aspect of royal representation and unsettle a standard picture of art and power in early modern France. Wtih a rich selection of startling images, many never before published, The Sun King at Sea emphasizes the role of esclaves turcs (enslaved Turks) - rowers captured or purchased from Islamic lands - in building and decorating ships and other art objects that circulated on land by sea to glorify the Crown. Challenging the notion that human bondage had vanished from continental France, this volume invites a reassessment fo servitude as a visible condition, mode of representation, and a symbol of sovereignty during Louis XIV's reign."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 704.03/96

Les corsaires du littoral : Dunkerque, Calais, Boulogne : de Philippe II áa Louis XIV (1568-1713) : de la guerre de 80 ans áa la guerre de succession dâEspagne /Patrick Villiers. "The name Dunkirk is inextricably linked with that of Jean Bart, often called the king of the pirates; but Jean Bart spent most of his career in the service of the king. Focusing mainly on the height of privateering during the War of Spanish Succession, this book looks at the complex relationship between "special privateers" and the vessels of the king. New research and recent publications have led to the rediscovery of the essential role which Spain played in the battle against the United Provinces in revolt. "--Extracts translated from text provided by publisher. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 944

The Levant voyage of the Blackham Galley (1696-1698) : the sea journal of John Looker ship's surgeon /edited by Colin Heywood and Edmond Smith. "This volume publishes for the first time, the journal kept by John Looker (?1670-1715) recording his service as ship's surgeon on the Blackham Galley, a London-built merchantman on its second trading voyage to the Levant, between December 1696 and March 1698. Preserved in the Caird Library of the National Maritime Museum, Looker's 'Journall' describes his experiences on the voyage from the point at which he joined the ship at Gravesend, to March 1698, when the journal breaks off abruptly in mid-sentence when the ship was off the Kentish 'Narrows'. John Looker was a Londoner, brought up in one of the parishes to the east of the City which furnished large numbers of mariners to the English sea-borne trades. He served an apprenticeship to a London barber-surgeon, and became a Freeman of the Company of Barber-Surgeons. His fifteen months of service on board the Blackham Galley appears to have been his only employment at sea, but his ready knowledge of maritime ways and language, which are apparent from the first pages of his 'Journall', make it more than likely that he came from a seafaring family. Subsequent to his voyage, he married, raised a family, practised in London as a surgeon, and acquired land in East Anglia. He died at Bath in 1715. Looker's 'Journall' divides naturally into three parts. The Blackham Galley's outward and homeward voyages were largely without incident. The time spent by the Blackham Galley in Turkish waters, covers its voyage from Smyrna to Constantinople, where the ship stayed for a month, and then returned to Smyrna. Captain Newnam's ill-advised and disastrous attempt at privateering in Ottoman waters on the return journey to Smyrna, led to the detention of his vessel at Smyrna under a double interdict from the English ambassador at the Porte and from the Ottoman authorities. Looker's account of the Blackham Galley's enforced stay in Smyrna furnishes a vigorous and detailed account of social life in the international merchant community, as well as portside life seen 'from below', with its taverns and prostitutes, and the activities and frequent 'debauches' of an increasingly bored and fractious crew. Looker's record also provides interesting detail of his professional approach to treatment of the illnesses, accidents and occasional deaths of members of the company of his own and other ships anchored off Smyrna"--Provided by publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4/5

1759 : the year Britain became master of the world /Frank McLynn. "Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066. In 1759 - the fourth year of the Seven Years War - the British defeated the French in arduous campaigns on four continents and also achieved absolute mastery of the seas. Drawing on a mass of primary materials - from texts in the Vatican archives to oral histories of the North American Indians - Frank McLynn shows how the conflict between Brtiain and France triggered the first 'world war', raging from Europe to Africa; the Caribbean to the Pacific; the plains of the Ganges to the Great Lakes of North America. It also brought about the War of Independence, the acquisition by Britain of the Falkland Islands and, ultimately, the French Revolution."--Provided by the publisher. 2008 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1759"

Swashbuckler Ashore : Sir William Gifford's letterbook kept at Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital 1 June to 30 August 1711 /David Ellison. Ellison, David 1993 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92GIFFORD

Aluminium boatbuilding "[...] A practical guide examining every aspect of designing and building aluminium alloy boats. [...] highlights the advantages of building in aluminium - the weight savings, inherent strength and minimal maintenance involved - as well as explaining the limitations that should be recognised in comparison with other materials. The machinery, tools, techniques and skills required for building in aluminium are detailed, along with setting-up procedures, painting and dealing with corrosion and repairs to hulls. For the third edition a new chapter explains the practical application of adhesives for bonding aluminium, welding has been updated to include new techniques such as friction stir welding and there is new material on plasma and waterjet cutting. Fast passenger ferries, racing powerboats and designing structures in aluminium are also covered."--Provided by the publisher. 2000 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 669.71:629.125

Materials and structures Clark, D A R 1946 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621

The Southern Sea Fisheries District (Variation) Order 1978 Great Britain. Statutory Instruments 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.537

British piracy in the golden age : history and interpretation, 1660-1730. Volume 4 /Editor Joel H. Baer. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

A new voyage to the East Indies ... Symson, William 1715 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(54)"1701"

Great Britain's glory: or, an account of the great numbers employed in the woollen and silk manufacturies ... Haynes, John 1715 • • 1 copy available. 382:677.31

Explore our Collection