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Cayman's 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail : peace, war, and peril in the Caribbean /Margaret E. "The story has been passed through generations for more than two centuries. Details vary depending on who is doing the telling, but all refer to this momentous maritime event as the Wreck of the Ten Sail. Sometimes misunderstood as the loss of a single ship, it was in fact the wreck of ten vessels at once, comprising one of the most dramatic maritime disasters in all of Caribbean naval history. Surviving historical documents and the remains of the wrecked ships in the sea confirm that the narrative is more than folklore. It is a legend based on a historical event in which HMS Convert, formerly L'Inconstante, a recent prize from the French, and 9 of her 58-ship merchant convoy sailing from Jamaica to Britain, wrecked on the jagged eastern reefs of Grand Cayman in 1794. The incident has historical significance far beyond the boundaries of the Cayman Islands. It is tied to British and French history during the French Revolution, when these and other European nations were competing for military and commercial dominance around the globe. The Wreck of the Ten Sail attests to the worldwide distribution of European war and trade at the close of the eighteenth century. In Cayman's 1794 Wreck of the Ten Sail: Peace, War, and Peril in the Caribbean, Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton focuses on the ships, the people, and the wreck itself to define their place in Caymanian, Caribbean, and European history. This well-researched volume weaves together rich oral folklore accounts, invaluable supporting documents found in archives in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, and France, and tangible evidence of the disaster from archaeological sites on the reefs of the East End."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.9163/65

. / Charnock, John. 1794-1798. Charnock, John 1794-1798 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92:355.33

. / Charnock, John. 1794-1796. Charnock, John 1794-1796 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.33:094:92

Neptune : a dramatic poem : on the victory gained by the English fleet under the command of Lord Howe in 1794 Holford, Thomas 1801 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:820-1

A narrative of the sufferings of T F Palmer, and W Skirving, during a voyage to New South Wales, 1794 Palmer, Thomas Fyshe 1797 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:325.51(944)

documents : Spanish voyages in the South Pacific from Alvaro de Mendana to Alejandro Malaspina 1567-1794 Kelly, Celsus (comp) 1965 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(93/96)"15/16"(093.2):016

of La Perouse performed by order of the Constituent Assembly during the years 1791, 1792, 1793 and 1794 Labillardiere, Jacques-Julien Houton de 1800 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(93)"1791/1794"

An account of the campaign in the West Indies in the year 1794 ... with the reduction of the islands Willyams, Cooper 1796 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1794"(729)

securing His Majesty's batteries, and other works, in the counties of Kent and Devon. 34 George III. 1794 Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1794 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 355.73/.75:094:342.537

a grandi distanze qualunque notizia ... estratta dall' Edizione Tedesca di Vienna presso Baumeister 1794 ca1795 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 627.725.2

British naval power in the East, 1794-1805 : the command of Admiral Peter Rainier /Peter A. Ward. "When war broke out with France in 1793, there immediately arose the threat of a renewed French challenge to British supremacy in India. This security problem was compounded in 1795 when the French overran the Netherlands and the extremely valuable Dutch trade routes and Dutch colonies, including the Cape of Good Hope and what is now Indonesia, fell under French control. The task of securing British interests in the East was a formidable one: the distances were huge, communication with London could take years, there were problems marshalling resources, and fine diplomatic skills were needed to keep independent rulers on the British side and to ensure full co-operation from the East India Company. The person charged with overseeing this formidable task was Admiral Peter Rainier (1741-1808), commander of the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean and the East from 1794 to 1805. This book discusses the enormous difficulties Rainier faced. It outlines his career, explaining how he carried out his role with exceptional skill; how he succeeded in securing British interests in the East - whilst avoiding the need to fight a major battle; how he enhanced Britain's commanding position at sea; and how, additionally, in co-operation with the Governor-General, Richard Wellesley, he further advanced Britain's position in India itself."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92RAINIER

to ships tendered for the service of the United East-India Company, from the twenty-sixth of March, 1794 East India Company. Court of Directors 1795? • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 629.123.13.003.2:094:347.71East India

introduced into the West Indian islands from Boullam, on the coast of Guinea, as it appeared in 1793, 1794 Chisholm, C 1801 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:616.9(729)"17"

of His Majesty's fleet under the command of Earl Howe, from the second of May to the second of June 1794 De Poggi, A C 1796 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1794.06.01"

Erbe der Serenissima : Rekonstruktion und Restaurierung eines venezianischen Linienschiffsmodells von 1794 Kèorner, Karl Klaus. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 086.5:629.123(453.1)

of His Majesty's fleet under the command of Earl Howe, from the second of May to the second of June 1794 Poggi, A C de 1796 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:355.49"1794.06.01"(441.1)

the northern parts of Russia ... performed ... by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the years 1785 etc to 1794 Sauer, Martin 1802 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 92Billings

First of June 1794 ... Cape St Vincent, Feb 14 1797 ... 1798 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1794/1798"

The journal of Daniel Paine, 1794-1797 : together with documents illustrating the beginning of government Paine, Daniel 1983 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 629.12(944)"17/18"

Private papers of George, second Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty 1794-1801 Spencer, George John 1913-1924 • BOOK • 10 copies available. 92Spencer

The Ungovernable rock : a history of the Anglo-Corsican kingdom and its role in Britain's Mediterranean strategy during the Revolutionary War (1793-1797) /Desmond Gregory Gregory, Desmond 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1797"(42:44)

First of June 1794 ... Cape St Vincent, Feb 14 1797 ... 1805 • RARE-PAMPH • 2 copies available. 094:355.49"1794/1798"

the north Pacific Ocean and round the world, which was performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 Vancouver, George 1798 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(100)"1785/1788"

Old Bruin : Commodore Matthew C Perry 1794-1858 : the American naval officer who helped found Liberia Morison, Samuel Eliot 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"18"(73)

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