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Imperium Pelagi : a naval lyrick written in imitation of Pindar's spirit : occasioned by His Majesty's return, Sept 1729 and the succeeding peace Young, Edward 1730 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:820-142

Dictionaire mathematique ou idee generale des mathematiques Ozanam, J 1691 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

Recueil van alle de placaten, ordonnantien, ressolutien, instructien, lysten en waarschouwingen, betreffende de Admiraliteyten, convoyen, licenten, en verdere zee-saaken Netherlands. Laws, statutes etc 1730-1780 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:347.79(492)

The Case of the Royal African Company of England, to which is added a supplement in answer to a paper intitled, The State of the British trade to the coast of Africa consider'd Royal African Company 1730 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:382(42:6)"17"

Opticks : or a treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light / Newton, Isaac, Sir. 1952. Newton, Isaac, 1952 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 535

Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei : being an account of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the month of August 1779. Communicated to the Royal Society of London by Sir William Hamilton ... to which are annexed 5 plates illuminated from dawings [sic] taken, and colour'd after nature under the inspection of the author by the editor Mr. Peter Fabris = Supplement au Campi Phlegraei ou relation de la grande eruption du Mont Vesuve au mois de aout 1779. Communiquâee par le chevalier Hamilton ... a la quelle on a ajoutâe 5 planches enluminâees d'aprâes le desseins faits, & coloriâes d'aprâes nature sou l'inspection de l'auteur, par l'editeur le sieur Pierre Fabris /by Sir William Hamilton Hamilton, William,-Sir, 1779 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 551.21(450.82):094

Clavis astronomiae sive astronomiae pars physica Horrebowio, Petro 1730 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092:094

Competing for Quality : buying better public services Great Britain.-Treasury 1991 • GOVTPUB • 2 copies available. 658.818

Campi Phlegraei : observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London ... To which, in order to convey the most precise idea of each remark, a new and accurate map is annexed, with 54 plates illuminated from drawings taken and colour'd after nature, under the inspection of the author, by the editor Mr. Peter Fabris /by Sir William Hamilton = Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles telles qu'elles ont âetâe communiquâees áa la Sociâetâe Royale de Londres par le Chavalier Hamilton ... Auxquelles pour donner une idâee plus precise de chaque observation, on a ajoutâe une carte nouvelle & trâes exacte avec 54 planches enluminâees d'aprâes les desseins faits & coloriâes sur la nature mãeme, sous l'inspection de l'auteur, par l'editeur le Sieur Pierre Fabris. Hamilton, William,-Sir, 1776 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 551.21(450.82):094

An explanation of the painting in the Royal Hospital at Greenwich by Sir James Thornhill Thornhill, James,-Sir, 1730? • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 7Thornhill

In defence of Emma : 'scheming adventuress' or 'radiant presence'? /Sylvia K. Robinson. "Emma, Lady Hamilton, the subject of this new and important biography, has been roundly maligned in previous biographies and repeatedly criticised in the many biographies of her husband, Sir William Hamilton and those of Admiral Lord Nelson, her lover. The aim of the long overdue re-assessment of her life is to defend her reputation against the unwarranted and unsubstantiated allegations commonly made against her. She is most often portrayed as 'infamous' and 'notorious'. However, it is universally acknowledged that she was one of the most beautiful women in Europe at the time. Her absorbing, enthralling and ultimately tragic story is told here in her own words through the prolifics correspondence exchanged between her and the significant people in her life, most especially Hamilton and Nelson. Few authors give Emma credit for her achievements. Born into inauspicious circumstances, she yet mastered several languages, rose to acclaimed success in singing and acting, became and valued friend and confidante of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, and played and politically pivotal role in those desperate years during which Napoleon attempted to conquer Europe. This meticulously researched narrative is a penetrating study of Emma's life and influence. The story unfolds through an extensive and impartial examination of the letters, wills, bank accounts and further extant documentation. Particular attention is paid to the financial details that reveal the full extent of Emma's tragic end. The author presents an intriguing new approach to Emma's legacy, successfully defending her against her dishonourable and undeserved reputation."--Inside cover 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HAMILTON, EMMA

Networks of empire : forced migration in the Dutch East India Company /Kerry Ward. "Kerry Ward argues that the Dutch East India Company empire manifested itself through multiple networks that amalgamated spatially and over time into an imperial web whose sovereignty was effectively created and maintained but always partial and contingent. Networks of Empire proposes that early modern empires consisted of durable networks of trade, administration, settlement, legality, and migration whose regional circuits and territorially and institutionally based nodes of regulatory power operated not only on land and sea but discursively as well." "By closely examining the Dutch East India Company's network of forced migration, this book explains how empires are constituted through the creation, management, contestation, devolution, and reconstruction of these multiple and intersecting fields of partial sovereignty."--Jacket. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325:347.71DUTCH EAST INDIA

The Humphrey Morice papers from the Bank of England, London Morice, Humphry, 1998. • MICROFILM • 2 copies available. 326.1

A new system of arithmetick, theoretical and practical. Wherein the science of numbers is demonstrated in a regular course from its first principles, thro' all the parts and branches thereof; either known to the ancients, or owing to the improvements of the moderns. The practice and application to the affairs of life and commerce being also fully explained: so as to make the whole a complete system of theory, for the purposes of men of science; and of practice, for men of business Malcolm 1730 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / Jack P. Greene. "This volume comprehensively examines the ways metropolitan Britons spoke and wrote about the British Empire during the short eighteenth century, from about 1730 to 1790. The work argues that following several decades of largely uncritical celebration of the empire as a vibrant commercial entity that had made Britain prosperous and powerful, a growing familiarity with the character of overseas territories and their inhabitants during and after the Seven Years War produced a substantial critique of empire. Evolving out of a widespread revulsion against the behaviors exhibited by many groups of Britons overseas and building on a language of "otherness" that metropolitans had used since the beginning of overseas expansion to describe its participants, the societies, and polities that Britons abroad had constructed in their new habitats, this critique used the languages of humanity and justice as standards by which to evaluate and condemn the behaviors, in turn, of East India Company servants, American slaveholders, Atlantic slave traders, Irish pensioners, absentees, oppressors of Catholics, and British political and military leaders during the American War of Independence. Although this critique represented a massive contemporary condemnation of British colonialism and manifested an impulse among metropolitans to distance themselves from imperial excesses, the benefits of empire were far too substantial to permit any turning away from it, and the moment of sensibility waned"-- 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44:325.3/.4

Curious encounters : voyaging, collecting, and making knowledge in the long eighteenth century /edited by Adriana Craciun and Mary Terrall. "With contributions from historians, literary critics, and geographers, Curious Encounters uncovers a rich history of global voyaging, collecting, and scientific exploration in the long eighteenth century. Leaving behind grand narratives of discovery, these essays collectively restore a degree of symmetry and contingency to our understanding of encounters between European and Indigenous people. To do this the essays consider diverse agents of historical change, both human and inanimate: commodities, curiosities, texts, animals, and specimens moved through their own global circuits of knowledge and power. The voyages and collections rediscovered here do not move from a European center to a distant periphery, nor do they position European authorities as the central agents of this early era of globalization. Long distance voyagers from Greenland to the Ottoman Empire crossed paths with French, British, Polynesian, and Spanish travelers across the world, trading objects and knowledge for diverse ends. The dynamic contact zones of these curious encounters include the ice floes of the Arctic, the sociable spaces of the tea table, the hybrid material texts and objects in imperial archives, and the collections belonging to key figures of the Enlightenment, including Sir Hans Sloane and James Petiver."-- 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)"17"

Conflicting visions : war and visual culture in Britain and France, c.1700-1830 /edited by John Bonehill and Goeff Quilley. "Conflicting Visions: War and Visual Culture in Britain and France, c. 1700-1830 offers the first systematic reappraisal of the cultural representation of war in Britain and France during the 'long' eighteenth century. This radical collection of essays explores the relation of visual imagery and aesthetics to conflict during this important period, drawing upon a wealth of materials including paintings and prints, maps and topographical drawings, commemorative sculpture and historical artefacts. The intriguing case studies reveal that military conflict was not a sphere of social activity separated from artistic culture but rather a determining factor in cultural production, and that war itself was largely comprehended, debated and experienced through those products. Key themes and preoccupations - how differing ideas of the public were predicated by the representation of war; how such notions were shaped by the imperial contexts of war; the relations between conflict, national identity and historical memory - are addressed to show that war served as a primary vehicle for the representation of numerous associated and contested issues, including patriotism and the idea of the nation, loyalty and opposition, heroism and masculinity, sympathy and sensibility."--Provided by the publisher. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 008:355.48"1700/1830"

England's shipwreck heritage : from logboats to U-boats /by Serena Cant. What do characters as diverse as Alfred the Great, the architect Sir Christopher Wren, diarist Samuel Pepys and the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins have in common? All had some involvement in shipwrecks: in causing, recording or salvaging them. This book examines a variety of wrecks from logboats, Roman galleys and medieval cogs to East Indiamen, grand ocean liners, fishing boats and warships - all are woven into the history of shipwrecks along the coastline of England and in her territorial waters. Wrecks are not just physically embedded in this marine landscape - they are also an intrinsic part of a domestic cultural landscape with links that go beyond the navy, mercantile marine and fishing trade. Evidence of shipwrecks is widespread: in literature, in domestic architecture and as a major component of industrial archaeology. Shipwrecks also transcend national boundaries, forming tangible monuments to the movement of goods and people between nations in war and peace. In peacetime they link the architecture and monuments of different countries, from shipyards to factories, warehouses to processing plants; in time of war wrecks have formed a landscape scattered across the oceans, linking friend and foe in common heritage. England's Shipwreck Heritage explores the type of evidence we have for shipwrecks and their causes, including the often devastating effects fo the natural environment and human-led disaster. Ships at war, global trade and the movement of people - such as passengers, convict transports and the slave trade - are also investigated. Along the way we meet the white elephant who perished in 1730, the medieval merchant who pursued a claim for compensation for nearly 20 years, the most famous privateer for the American revolutionary wars and the men who held their nerve in the minesweeper trawls of the First World War. 2013. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 656.61.085.3(42)"05/19"

Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting / edited by Martin Postle and Robin Simon. "Long known as the father of British landscape painting, Richard Wilson (1713?1782) was in fact at the heart of a profound conceptual shift in European landscape art. This magnificently illustrated volume not only situates Wilson?s art at the beginning of a native tradition that would lead to John Constable and J. M. W. Turner, but compellingly argues that in Rome during the 1750s Wilson was part of an international group of artists who reshaped the art of Europe. Rooted in the work of great seventeenth-century masters such as Claude Lorrain but responding to the early stirrings of neoclassicism, Wilson forged a highly original landscape vision that through the example of his own works and the tutelage of his pupils in Rome and later in London would establish itself throughout northern Europe."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7WILSON

The pursuit of sodomy : male homosexuality in Renaissance and enlightenment Europe /Kent Gerard, Gert Hekma, editors. "Historians Kent Gerard and Gert Hekma make available - for the first time to an English-speaking audience - the best, most recent work on the history of male homosexuality in Early Modern Europe. The role of the male homosexual - during the pivotal era of 1400 to 1800 - is thoroughly explored. A wide-ranging group of authors offers relevant and fascinating material on sexual history and sexuality, in general, and on homosexuality and European history, in particular"--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.76/62/094

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