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A system of naval tactics : combining the established theory with general practice and particularly with the present practice of the British Navy Bigot de Morogues, Sebastien Francois 1797 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.461

Tuhituhi : William Hodges, Cook's painter in the South Pacific /Laurence Simmons. "Tuhituhi follows the geographical and chronological progress of Cook's voyage on the Resolution, for which William Hodges was hired as official artist, a 'landskip painter'. In the Pacific, painters like Hodges found themselves staring again and again in disbelief at landscapes and seascapes that stretched 18th-century conventions of painting (such as the picturesque, the sublime, and the beautiful). Each chapter of this book focuses on the close reading of a significant painting by Hodges of a South Pacific location and opens fresh theoretical perspectives on the representational problems raised by these early Pacific works. The final chapter considers the important influence of Hodges work on a series of paintings by the major twentieth-century New Zealand painter Colin McCahon."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 759.2

Diston's collection of charts from London to the Humber with sailing directions on the plates ... / John Diston of Lowestoft Diston, John 1797. • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 912.43(421/425.3)

An account of the commencement and progress in sinking wells at Sheerness, Harwich and Landguard Fort, for supplying those dock-yards and garrisons with fresh water. To which is annexed the correspondence between the Master-General of the Ordnance and the commanding engineer of those places ... upon the subject in the years 1778, 1781 and 1783 Page, Thomas Hyde, Sir 1797 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:627.3(42)

Sammlung astronomischer abhandlungen : Beobachtungen und nachrichten /J. E. Bode, Astronom und mitglied der Konigl. Preufs. Akad. der Wissenschaften Bode, J E 1797 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52:094

The Spanish Royal Navy list : as delivered to the Minister of the Marine on the first day of January 1796 : containing an accurate list of ships, commanders and other officers, station, when and where built &c. with interesting particulars relating to the three departments of Cadiz, Ferrol, and Carthegena. Sames, C. E. de 1797. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.16(46)"1796":094

Lost at sea : true stories of disaster The author provides accounts of shipping disasters arising from a wide range of circumstances and involving many different types of ship. Those featured include the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782 and the Empress of Ireland in 1914 and losses arising from fire on board, such as the Lakonia in 1963 and the Morro Castle in 1934. Other accounts cover Shackleton's Endurance and the loss of ships reportedly carrying treasure such as the Grosvenor in 1782, the Lutine in 1799, the Tobermory Galleon wrecked as part of the Spanish Armada fleet in 1588 and HMS Hampshire in 1916. The author also explores losses arising from significant mutinies at sea including those at Spithead and The Nore in 1797, the Kiel and Black Sea mutinies in 1918 and 1919 respectively and the Invergordon mutiny in 1931. Finally, the author considers losses arising from faulty design focusing on the stories of HMS Captain, HMS Victoria and the Navy K class of submarine. 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3

The Kent coast : Gravesend to Margate /Anthony Lane. "Besides having a fascinating geology, the North Kent Coast bears the marks of most periods of our history. The Romans built their fort at Reculver, and the abbey that later occupied that site had direct links with Canterbury Cathedral. The Dutch raided Queenborough and Sheerness in 1667; there was the famous Mutiny at the Nore in 1797; and prisoners were kept in wooden hulks at Sheerness from various other conflicts after that. The offshore waters were known to almost every sailor in the maritime hall of fame. Sir Francis Drake, Sebastian Cabot, Lord Nelson, Sir John Franklin and others all sailed from London or Chatham. Commencing at Gravesend, this book makes a journey, sometimes over water, but also across the marshes and through the harbours, villages and industrial estates that constitute maritime Kent, to eventually arrive at Margate, reflecting on the many changes that have occurred over the last hundred years."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.223(210.5)

A history of Pitcher's dockyard Northfleet : 1788 - 1866 /Christopher Sotheby Pitcher, Kenneth McGoverin Pitcher, Christopher Sotheby 2018 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.3)

Origine, trasporto in Italia, primi progressi in essa dell'algebra. Storia critica di nuove disquisizioni analitiche e metafisiche arricchita / Cossali, Pietro, 1797-1799. • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 512:094

Memoirs of Richard Parker, the mutineer, together with an account at large of his trial by court martial, defence, sentence, and execution and a narrative of the mutiny at the Nore and Sheerness ... 1797 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.133(422.3)"1797"

Science and the visual image in the enlightenment / edited by William R. Shea. "The essays in this book examine the role that illustrations played in the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the Eighteenth Century. The first section concerns experiments and the image of Enlightenment Science ... The second section considers the image of nature as it was shaped and modified by botanical gardens, museums of natural sciences, and scientific textbooks."--Dust jacket. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Nelson : a dream of glory /John Sugden. Sugden, John, 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

Dr. Wilhelm Olbers' Abhandlung èuber die leichteste und bequemste Methode die Bahn eines Cometen zu berechnen : mit Berichtigung und Erweiterung der Tafeln im Jahre 1847 von neuem herausgegeben von J.F. Encke Olbers, W.-(Wilhelm), 1864. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 521.3:094

Regulations and instructions relating to His Majesty's service at sea : established by His Majesty in council. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1790 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.51(42)"1790"

A list of the flag officers of His Majesty's fleet : with the dates of their first commissions as admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals and captains. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

The trader, the owner, the slave : parallel lives in the age of slavery /James Walvin. Provides a new view and fresh interpretation of the world of slavery by focusing on the lives of the trader, John Newton (1725-1807), author of 'Amazing Grace', the owner, Thomas Thistlewood (1721-1786) and the slave, Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797). 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Aquatint worlds : travel, print, and empire, 1770-1820 /Douglas Fordham. "In the late 18th century, British artists embraced the medium of aquatint for its ability to produce prints with rich and varied tones that became even more stunning with the addition of color. At the same time, the expanding purview of the British empire created a market for images of far-away places. Book publishers quickly seized on these two trends and began producing travel books illustrated with aquatint prints of Indian cave temples, Chinese waterways, African villages, and more. Offering a close analysis of three exceptional publications--Thomas and William Daniell's Oriental Scenery (1795-1808), William Alexander's Costume of China (1797-1805), and Samuel Daniell's African Scenery and Animals (1804-5)--this volume examines how aquatint became a preferred medium for the visual representation of cultural difference, and how it subtly shaped the direction of Western modernism."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 769.922

Nelson's refuge : Gibraltar in the age of Napoleon /Jason R. Musteen. Musteen, Jason R. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1793/1815"(468.2)

Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde Milet-Mureau, M.L.A. 1797 (An V) • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 910.4:094

George Charles Smith of Penzance : from Nelson sailor to mission pioneer /Roald Kverndal. "In the two previous books of his trilogy, Seamen's missions (1986) and The way of the sea (2008), the author researched how the seafarers' mission movement began and expanded. This third volume traces the captivating human drama surrounding the origins. It presents, for the first time ever, the embattled life of George Charles Smith---today recognized worldwide as the founder of the Maritime Mission Movement."--From back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SMITH, GEORGE

Equiano's daughter : the life of and times of Joanna Vassa, daughter of Olaudah Equiano, Gustavus Vassa, the African /by Angelina Osborne. "The Life and Times of Joanna Vassa' is a remarkable achievement and adds another ripple in the trail to discover more about a great man and his legacy, in this year of the 200th anniversary since the act to abolish the transatlantic slave trade in Britain came into effect. This book honours the legacy of the relentless journey of an abolitionist and the journey to discover what happened to Joanna following his death on the 31st March 1797." 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.805092

Sons of the waves : the common seaman in the heroic age of sail, 1740-1840 /Stephen Taylor. "British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, 'illiterate' seamen. Now Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited, learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overweening authority, they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots. Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation, from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies, these 'sons of the waves' held the nation's destiny in their calloused hands."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0092241

De la mesure du temps : par les horloges dans l'usage civil ou exposition des motifs qui doivent faire adopter, dans l'usage de la mesure du temps par les horloges, le temps egal, appelle temps moyen, au lieu du temps variable du soleil, appelle temps vrai our apparent /par Ferdinand Berthoud Berthoud, Ferdinand 1797 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 529.7

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