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Fighting ships : from the ancient world to 1750 /Sam Willis ; foreword by N. A. M. Rodger. "A spectacular collection of 150 images revealing 3000 years of naval history, from ancient Egypt to the glorious age of sail."--Back cover. 2010. • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 623.82(100)".../1750"
The Journal of a slave trader (John Newton) 1750-1754 : with Newton's Thoughts upon the African slave Newton, John 1962 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1
devil and the deep blue sea : merchant seamen, pirates, and the Anglo-American maritime world, 1700-1750 Rediker, Marcus 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1
& Sons merchants of London and Virginia : being the papers from their counting house for the years 1750 Norton, John 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(421:755)"17"
and royal manor of Portland : some aspects of its history with particular reference to the period : 1750 Bettey, Joseph Harold 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.233
Maritimes : an illustrated history of shipping and shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces of Canada 1750 Armour, Charles A 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(715/717)
Better conceiv'd than describ'd : the life and times of Captain James King (1750-84), Captain Cook's Better Conceiv'd than Describ'd is the first full biography of James King - the interesting, though tragically short-lived, Royal Navy Officer in the reign of George III. Captain James King's adventurous life saw him lay claim to Alaska in the name of George III, fight as a frigate captain in the American War of Independence and test the marine chronometer that revolutionised navigation. Starting in the small town of Clitheroe (in Lancashire), and taking us to the edges of the then known world on a great voyage of discovery, this book shows the development of James King not only as a sailor but also as an astronomer sponsored by the Board of Longitude, while also examining the death of Captain Cook at the hands of the Hawaiians. With cameo appearances from Horatio Nelson, the infamous William Bligh, society artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, diarist Fanny Burney and statesman Edmund Burke, this is a 'who's who' of Georgian society and shows the importance of patronage in the second half of the 18th century. 2013. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92KING, JAMES
Imperial unknowns : the French and British in the Mediterranean, 1650-1750 /Cornel Zwierlein (Bochum "In this major new study, the history of the French and British trading empires in the early modern Mediterranean is used as a setting to test a new approach to the history of ignorance: how can we understand the very act of ignoring--in political, economic, religious, cultural and scientific communication--as a fundamental trigger that sets knowledge in motion? Zwierlein explores whether the Scientific Revolution between 1650 and 1750 can be understood as just one of what were in fact many simultaneous epistemic movements and considers the role of the European empires in this phenomenon. Deconstructing central categories like the mercantilist 'national', the exchange of 'confessions' between Western and Eastern Christians and the bridging of cultural gaps between European and Ottoman subjects, Zwierlein argues that understanding what was not known by historical agents can be just as important as the history of knowledge itself"--Provided by publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.440182/2
Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789 : a guide to the collections in the Library Sellers, John R (comp) 1981 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 017.1(753)LC
British encounters with India, 1750-1830 : a sourcebook /edited by Tim Keirn and Norbert Schèurer. "A collection of 18th- and early 19th-century primary texts and images that represent various facets of the cross-cultural interaction between India and Britain. The anthology suggests that for a brief period -- while most Europeans were involved in projects of Empire and domination -- some British envisioned a convergence of cultures"-- 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820:325.3(42:52)"17/18"
Naval blockades in peace and war : an economic history since 1750 /Lance E. Davis, Stanley L. "Examines a number of major blockades, including the continental system in the Napoleonic Wars, the war of 1812, the American Civil War, and World Wars I and II, in addition to the increased use of peacetime blockades and sanctions with the hope of avoiding war"--Dust Jacket. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.463.3"1750-"
Tabulae regiomontanae reductionum : observationum astronomicarum ab anno 1750 usque ad annum 1850 computatµ Bessel, F. W.-(Friedrich Wilhelm), 1830. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52(083.5):094
: business culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815 /Sheryllynne Haggerty. "In 1780 Richard Sheridan noted that merchants worked 'merely for money'. However, rather than being a criticism, this was recognition of the important commercial role that merchants played in the British empire at this time. Of course, merchants desired and often made profits, but they were strictly bound by commonly-understood socio-cultural norms which formed a private-order institution of a robust business culture. In order to elucidate this business culture, this book examines the themes of risk, trust, reputation, obligation, networks and crises to demonstrate how contemporary merchants perceived and dealt with one another and managed their businesses. Merchants were able to take risks and build trust, but concerns about reputation and fulfilling obligations constrained economic opportunism. By relating these themes to an array of primary sources from ports around the British-Atlantic world, this book provides a more nuanced understanding of business culture during this period. A theme which runs throughout the book is the mercantile community as a whole and its relationship with the state. This was an important element in the British business culture of this period, although this relationship came under stress towards the end of period, forming a crisis in itself. This book argues that the business culture of the British-Atlantic mercantile community not only facilitated the conduct of day-to-day business, but also helped it to cope with short-term crises and long-term changes. This anabled the success of the British-Atlantic economy even within the context of changing geo-politics and an under-institutionalised environment. Not working 'merely for money' was a successful business model."--Back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.712(42)"17/18"
CLIWOC : climatological database for the world's oceans, 1750 to 1850 : results of a research project 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.585.1"1750/1850"
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ... against the sentence passed on him at a court-martial ... 1750 Griffin, Thomas 1751 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1746"
An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe, 1750 : a facsimile reprint together with the first Wright, Thomas 1971 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 521"17"
of a fine chronometer maker, and of his relatives, associates and successors in the family business 1750 Jagger, Cedric 1968-1979 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 681.11
Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885. compiled by L. S. Dawson. Dawson, L S 1885. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:528.47
The Royal Navy and the British Atlantic World, c. 1750-1820 / John McAleer, Christer Petley, editors. "This book foregrounds the role of the Royal Navy in creating the British Atlantic in the eighteenth century. It outlines the closely entwined connections between the nurturing of naval supremacy, the politics of commercial protection, and the development of national and imperial identities - crucial factors in the consolidation and transformation of the British Atlantic empire. The collection brings together scholars working on aspects of the Royal Navy and the British Atlantic in order to gain a better understanding of the ways that the Navy protected, facilitated, and shaped the British-Atlantic empire in the era of war, revolution, counter-revolution, and upheaval between the beginning of the Seven Years War and the end of the conflict with Napoleonic France. Contributions question the limits - conceptually and geographically - of that Atlantic world, suggesting that, by considering the Royal Navy and the British Atlantic together, we can gain greater insights into Britain's maritime history."--Provided by the publisher. [2016] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42:73)"1750/1820"
Storia delle marine militari italiane dal 1750 al 1860 e della marina militare italiana dal 1860 al 1870 Anderson, R. C.-(Roger Charles), 1886 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.353(45)
Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885. compiled by L. S. Dawson. Dawson, L S 1969. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92:528.47
Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885. compiled by L. S. Dawson. Dawson, L. S. 1885. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:528.47
Empires of the imagination : politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 /Holger Hoock "Between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, Britain evolved from a substantial international power yet relative artistic backwater into a global superpower and a leading cultural force in Europe. In this original and wide-ranging book, Hoock illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven in this period of dramatic change. Britons invested artistic and imaginative effort to come to terms with the loss of the American colonies; to sustain the generation-long fight against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; and to assert and legitimate their growing empire in India. Demonstrating how Britain fought international culture wars over prize antiquities from the Mediterranean and Near East, the book explores how Britons appropriated ancient cultures from the Mediterranean, the Near East, and India, and casts a fresh eye on iconic objects such as the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon Marbles."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 7:941-44"17/18"
Compass and rule : architecture as mathematical practice in England, 1500-1750 /Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Gerbino, Anthony. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 721.011"15/17"