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An Attempt to demonstrate, that all the phenomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion : wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity and magnetism are shewn to be one and the same... Knight, Gowin 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:531.2

Camillus : a dialogue on the navy, proposing a plan to render that wooden wall, by means which will both ease and extend our commerce, the firm and perpetual bulwark of Great Britain Moncreiff, John 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.353(42)"17"

An account of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage Drage, Theodore Swaine 1968 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82California

Bibliotheque choisie de medecine : tire'e des ouvrages periodiques tant Francois qu'Etrangers, avec plusiers autres pieces rares, et des remarques utiles and curieuses : tome 1 Planque, M 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:61:800.866

An account of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage by Hudson's streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America : performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt Francis Smith, Commander : volume 1 Drage, Theodore Swaine 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(987)"1746/1747"

Military power and the Dutch Republic : war, trade and the balance of power in Europe, 1648-1813 /Marc van Alphen, Jan Hoffenaar, Alan Lemmers, Christiaan van der Spek ; translated by Paul Arblaster & Lee Preedy. "In 1667, the year of the Raid on the Medway, the Dutch Republic was at the pinnacle of its might and fame. A century and a half later little of this glory remained and Napoleon wiped the country off the political map. This book provides a military explanation for the 'miracle' of the seventeenth century and the demise that ensued. How were the army and navy in the Dutch Republic organised and financed? What tactics were employed and how did military leaders operate? Where did the Republic's troops come from and how was society involved? How did the tens of thousands of anonymous sailors and soldiers live, and how were they regarded by civilians?"-- [2021] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.00949209/03

Pirates : a general history of the robberies & murders of the most notorious /Charles Johnson, with an introduction and commentary by David Cordingly. "A facsimile edition of a classic source for the history of piracy, as used by Robert Louis Stevenson in the writing of Treasure Island. Captain Charles Johnson's General History of Pirates was one of the best-selling books of 1724, when it was first published. It provides a sweeping account of what has come to be called the Golden Age of Piracy. It went through four editions in two years, and without doubt owed a substantial part of its success to a dramatic writing style that vividly captures the realities of pirates' savage existence. The book contains documentary evidence of events during the lives of its subjects. In the 270 years since its original publication, Johnson's work has come to be regarded as the classic study of one of the most popular subjects in maritime history."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 364.164

A letter to the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty, setting forth the inconveniences and hardships, the Marine officers are subject to, who serve on board the fleet Officer, An (pseud) 1757 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.353(42)"17"

A letter to the Mayor of ... wherein the discouragements of the seamen employed in His Majesty's navy and the merits of the Bill brought into Parliament in the last session, for their relief, are impartially examined Member of Parliament, A 1758 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.353(42)"17"

A proposal for the encouragement of seamen to serve more readily in His Majesty's navy, for preventing of desertion, supporting their wives and families and for the easier and quieter government of his Majesty's ships 1758 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.353(42)"17"

A system of natural philosophy, being a course of lectures in mechanics, optics, hydrostatics, and astronomy... Rutherford, Thomas 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 5.093:094

A voyage to Hudson's Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage ... Ellis, Henry 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(987)"1746/1747"

Observaciones astronomicas, y phisicas ... de la quales se deduce la figura, y magnitud de la tierra y se aplica a la navegacion Juan, Jorge 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:528.22

An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the twenty-second year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for amending, explaining, and reducing... the laws relating to the government of His Majesty's ships, vessels and forces by sea Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1827 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.51

Good Queen Anne vindicated, and the ingratitude, insolence, &c of her Whig ministry and the allies detected and exposed, in the beginning and conducting of the war. The Englishman's memorial: containing a short history of the land wars we have been engaged in, with unanswerable arguments, proving 'tis not the interest of England to be concerned, as a principal, in a land war, upon any pretence whatsover - mind the sea St John, Henry 1748 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:355.02

Royal naval dockyards officers : index of names /compiled by W May. May, W ca. 1960 • FOLIO • 2 copies available.

Sexual and gender difference in the British Navy, 1690-1900 / edited by Seth Stein LeJacq. "This volume is a collection of a variety of important records that will give readers insight into key themes into the history of what its criminal code called "the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery"- sex between males - in the Royal Navy."--Provided by publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.1094209033

War and trade in eighteenth-century Newfoundland / Olaf U. Janzen. Janzen, Olaf Uwe, 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. NN 4040

Anglo-Dutch mercantile marine relations 1700-1850 : ten papers Papers presented at the maritime history symposium held in Amsterdam in October 1990. Contains the following papers: The Transfer of Technology between Britain and the Netherlands 1700-1850 by C A Davids; Developments in Shipbuilding and Ship Construction: the case of the East Indiaman 'Amsterdam' (1748) by Pieter van Overbeek; Developments in Ship Propulsion 1700-1850 by Fred M Walker; The Changing Structure of British Trade, Shipping and Ports (1700-1850) by Gordon Jackson; Made to Measure? A Comparative Approach to the System and Costs of English and Dutch Shipping to Asia in the 18th Century by Ingrid G Dillo; Ownership and Finance during the 18th Century: Ship-owning in Friesland by Rienk S Wegener Sleeswyk; Ownership and Finance 1820-1850: The Case of Ireland by Freda Harcourt; Personnel of the Dutch and English Mercantile Marine (1700-1850) by P C van Royen; 'A Period of Transition': Personnel in the British Mercantile Marine in the First Half of the 19th Century by David M Williams; The Female Side of Dutch Shipping: Financial Bonds of Seamen Ashore in the 17th and 18th Centuries by Marc A van Alphen. 1991 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 061.3

The temptations of trade : Britain, Spain, and the struggle for empire /Adrian Finucane. "The British and the Spanish had long been in conflict, often clashing over politics, trade, and religion. But in the early decades of the eighteenth century, these empires signed an asiento agreement granting the British South Sea Company a monopoly on the slave trade in the Spanish Atlantic, opening up a world of uneasy collaboration. British agents of the Company moved to cities in the Caribbean and West Indies, where they braved the unforgiving tropical climate and hostile religious environment in order to trade slaves, manufactured goods, and contraband with Spanish colonists. In the process, British merchants developed relationships with the Spanish--both professional and, at times, personal. The Temptations of Trade traces the development of these complicated relationships in the context of the centuries-long imperial rivalry between Spain and Britain. Many British Merchants, in developing personal ties to the Spanish, were able to collect potentially damaging information about Spanish imperial trade, military defenses, and internal conflict. British agents juggled personal friendships with national affiliation--and, at the same time, developed a network of illicit trade, contraband, and piracy extending beyond the legal reach of the British South Sea Company and often at the Company's direct expense. Ultimately, the very smuggling through which these empires unwittingly supported each other led to the resumption of Anglo-Spanish conflict, as both empires cracked down on the actions of traders within the colonies. The Temptations of Trade reveals the difficulties of colonizing regions far from strict imperial control, where the actions of individuals could both connect empires and drive them to war."--Provided by the publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382.0941

Relacion historica del viage a la America meridional ... para medir algunos grados de meridiano terrestre, y venir por ellos en conocimiento de la verdadera figura, y magnitud de la tierra, con otras varias observaciones astronomicas y phisicas Juan, Jorge 1748 • RARE-BOOK • 5 copies available. 094:910.4(8)"1736/1745"

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