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A treatise on gun-powder; a treatise on fire-arms; and a treatise on the service of artillery in time of war / Alessandro Vittorio Papacino D'Antoni. Papacino d'Antoni, Alessandro Vittorio, [ca.2010] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 662.3

An universal dictionary of the marine : or a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, furniture, machinery, movements, and military operations of a ship ... Falconer, William, 1789 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:629.12(038)

The American geography : or a view of the present situation of the United States of America ... Morse, Jedidiah 1794 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 52

Britannia : or a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity Camden, William 1789 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:914.2

The mariner's new calendar : containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry ... exact tables of the sun's place, declination, and right ascension ... also the description and use of the sea-quadrant ... / Colson, Nathaniel. 1764. Colson, Nathaniel 1764 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:527

The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay ... Phillip, A 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.51(944)"17"

Francais et Anglais en Mediterranee de la Revolution francaise a l'independance de la Grece (1789-1830 Lyon, David, 1992 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)

The history and antiquities of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne including an account of the coal trade of that place ... Brand, John 1789. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:914.282

Bay beacons: lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay "Many of the historic lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay have remained operational since their first lighting in the 19th century. The history of lighthouse construction on North American shores began in earnest with the congress of the fledgling United States government in 1789, on the Chesapeake Bay. This book for lighthouse buffs includes colour photographs showing the lighthouses today, mixed with vintage black and white photographs that recall the days of manned operation."--Provided by the publisher. 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 627.715(261.47)

French weights and measures before the Revolution : a dictionary of provincial and local units Zupko, Ronald Edward 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 389.1(44)"...1789"(03)

On the edge : mapping North America's coasts /Roger M. McCoy. McCoy, Roger M. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9(7)

The slave trade debate : contemporary writings for and against /introduction by John Pinfold. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This publication reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments put forward by each side. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8(42)"17/18"

Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences. : annee 1787. Avec les memoires de mathematique et de physique, pour la meme annee, tires des registres de cette academie France.-L'Academie Royale des Sciences 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22:094

The use and description of a new-invented instrument for navigation, by which every case in plane, middle latitude or Mercator's sailing may be performed without logarithms, tables, or any numerical calculations whatsoever Cooke, John 1789 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:520.259

Atlas maritimo de Espana Tofino de San Miguel, Vicente 1789 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(26:46)"17"

George Hunn Nobbs, 1799-1884 : chaplain on Pitcairn and Norfolk Island /Raymond Nobbs. Nobbs, Raymond. 1984. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 283/.3

Goldsmith's College : a centenary account Goldsmiths' College occupies the site of a distiller's house built in 1789 in New Cross. Educational activities have been carried on there since 1792. The premises were later used for a private school to the Royal Naval School in 1843. When the School moved to Eltham in 1889 the buildings were acquired by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. Between 1891 and 1905 the Company maintained a Technical and Recreative Institute. The buildings were presented to the University of London in 1904; Goldsmiths' College has been part of the University ever since. Known as a teacher training college, it also maintained a School of Art and an Evening Department. From about 1960 the range of activities expanded until in 1988 it was admitted as a full School of the University of London. This book was published as part of Goldsmiths' centenary celebrations in 1991 and tells the story of its development over the years. There are numerous black and white photographs, and an index of persons. Appendix B lists the Wardens of Goldsmiths' College from 1905. 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 378.4(421)

Bibliotheca Americana : or a chronological catalogue of the most curious and interesting books, pamphlets, state papers etc upon the subject of North and South America from the earliest period to the present, in print and manuscript ... Rede, Leman Thomas 1789 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:016(7/8)

The life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African Equiano, Olaudah, 1969 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Vassa

The arctic Whaling Journals of William Scorseby the Younger: Volume 1 The voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813 "William Scoresby (1789-1857) made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen in 1800. Three years later he was formally apprenticed to his father and another three years saw him promoted to chief officer. On his 21st birthday 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command' his father moved to Greenock and another ship, relinquishing the Resolution to his son".--Provided by the publisher. The introduction to this book gives extensive background to Scoresby's family, the whaling process and the development of scientific information relating to the arctic region. The journals of the three voyages follow, with maps of the journeys and illustrations. 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1

Kendall's longitude "Lost at sea: every mariner's fear. Maritime navigational tools could find latitude, but finding longitude remained elusive until Harrison developed the reliable sea clock, H4. Building on H4's success, Kendall made a series of nautical timekeepers, K1, K2 and K3. This is the story of the K2 timekeeper; its adventurous voyages, the people it touched, and its place in history. K2's first voyage, accompanied by the young Nelson, was nearly its last in the crushing Arctic ice. The next two expeditions saw it survive kidnappings, nautical intrigue, and gunpowder plots of the American revolutionary wars. The slave coasts of Africa followed. Bligh took K2 on the Bounty, but lost it in a fight with the mutineers in 1789. It was recovered by an American Quaker from Nantucket, only to be stolen by the Spanish. It rode on mules along the Andes before sailing into the Opium Wars. K2 finally returned to Greenwich in 1963."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527

John Scott : Nelson's secretary and friend, 1764-1805 / a personal account by John Maynard "Scott may be known for his death on the Victory at Trafalgar, but his remarkable life also deserves to be known. Born in 1764 where the Spey runs into the Moray Firth, the son of a tenant farmer on the Gordon Estate, he moved to London and gained business experience before entering the Navy as a purser in 1789. Progressing from modest sloops to major ships, he also served as secretary to three different Admirals, winning their trust and affection, before joining the Victory as Nelson?s secretary in 1803. His letters to his wife Charlotte show his deep affection for his family, as well as revealing insights into the way Nelson won the hearts and loyalty of those who served under him. This story is both heartwarming and heartbreaking." 2023 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The present state of Europe briefly examined and found languishing, occasioned by the greatness of the French monarchy: for cure whereof a remedy ... is humbly proposed to His Royal Highness William Henry Prince of Orange, and to the great convention of the Lords and Commons now assembled at Westminster. Wrote upon occasion of the House of Common's vote to raise 800,000 l to equip a fleet for the year 1671 ... Manley, Thomas 1789 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:355.02(42)"1671"

Beobachtungen uber die sonnenfackeln und sonnenflecken : samt beylaeufigen bemerkungen ueber die scheinbare flaeche, rotation und das licht der sonne Schroter, Johann Hieronymus 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092.9:094

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