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A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714-1820 / David Alexander. "This biographical dictionary of engravers working on copper encompasses both those who produced fine art prints, and also those who engraved book illustrations for medical, technical and literary works, all of which played a more important part than is usually realised in spreading information in the age of Enlightenment. Some 4,000 biographical entries draw on much unpublished information, researched over four decades, notably records of apprenticeship, genealogy, insurance and bankruptcy as well as newspaper advertisements and contemporary accounts.0 This is the first reference work to cover all engravers working on copper in Britain and Ireland 1714-1820. Many biographical entries describe celebrated engravers producing "fine art" prints of paintings, which spread knowledge about living and dead artists. However, this book also builds up a more complex picture of the occupation of printmaking and includes engravers, many previously unresearched, who engraved ephemeral material, such as trade cards, bank notes, and satirical prints as well as the images that spread knowledge across literary, geographical, historical, topographical, medical and technical fields."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 769.92

Captain Cook's merchant ships : Freelove, Three Brothers, Mary, Friendship, Endeavour, Adventure, Resolution and Discovery /Steven Baines. "While the story of Endeavour is widely known, Captain Cook sailed with eight ships, which began their lives as merchant vessels. This detailed illustrated history tells the story of these vessels and the people who sailed in them. In placing these ships and people in the personal, political, social, financial, scientific and religious contexts of their times, this book provides a comprehensive and readable account of the 'long eighteenth century'. Using contemporary sources, this gripping narrative fills a gap in Cook history and attempts to catch something of the exciting, violent, gossipy but largely untaught and unknown period through which these vessels and their people sailed literally and figuratively between the old world and the new."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.132"17"

Eighteenth-century naval officers : a transnational perspective /Evan Wilson, AnnaSara Hammar, Jakob Seerup, editors. "This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the professionalization of naval officers by exploring their preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the parameters of their shared experiences-both the similarities that crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the differences that can only be seen from an international perspective."--Provided by the publisher. [2019] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.333.3"17"

Rebels at sea : privateering in the American Revolution /Eric Jay Dolin. "The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America's first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels that truly revealed the new nation's character - above all, its ambition and entrepreneurial ethos. In Rebels at Sea, best-selling historian Eric Jay Dolin corrects that significant omission, and contends that privateers, as they were called, were in fact critical to the American victory."-- 2022 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.3/5

Time restored : the Harrison timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the man who knew (almost) everything /Jonathan Betts. "The first biography of polymath Rupert Gould, the man who in the 1920's restored the great 18th century maritime timekeepers by John Harrison."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11092

The pirate captain Ned Low : his life and mysterious fate /Nicky Nielsen. Nielsen, Nicky, 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 364.16/4092

Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the wild coast /Marjoleine Kars. "In February 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice - in present-day Guyana - launched a massive rebellion - and very nearly succeeded. For an entire year, they fought their enslavers, dreaming of establishing a free state, what would have been the first Black republic. Instead, they vanished from history. Blood on the River is the explosive story of this forgotten revolution, an event that almost changed the face of the Americas. Historian Marjoleine Kars draws on long-buried Dutch interrogation transcripts to reconstruct a rich day-by-day account of this extraordinary event, providing a rare look at the political vision of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution. An astonishing original work of history, Blood on the River will change our understanding of revolutions, slavery and the story of freedom in the New World."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.36209881

The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson Nelson, Horatio Nelson,-Viscount, 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:92Nelson(093.2)

The material Atlantic : clothing, commerce, and colonization in the Atlantic World, 1650-1800 /Robert S. DuPlessis. "In this wide-ranging account, Robert DuPlessis examines globally sourced textiles that by dramatically altering consumer behavior helped create new economies and societies in the early modern world. This deeply researched history of cloth and clothing offers new insights into trade patterns, consumer demand, and sartorial cultures that emerged across the Atlantic world between the mid-seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries. As a result of commercial networks stretching across much of the planet, men and women across a wide spectrum of ethnicities, social standings, and occupations fashioned their garments from materials old and new, familiar and strange, and novel meaning came to be attached to different fabrics and modes of dress. The Material Atlantic illuminates crucial developments that characterized early modernity, from colonialism and slavery to economic innovation and new forms of social identity." --Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:677

The East India Company in Persia : trade and cultural exchange in the eighteenth century /Peter Good. "In 1747, the city of Kerman in Persia burned amidst chaos, destruction and death perpetrated by the city's own overlord, Nader Shah. After the violent overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and subsequent foreign invasions from all sides, Persia had been in constant turmoil. One well-appointed house that belonged to the East India Company had been saved from destruction by the ingenuity of a Company servant, Danvers Graves, and his knowledge of the Company's privileges in Persia. This book explores the lived experience of the Company and its trade in Persia and how it interacted with power structures and the local environment in a time of great upheaval in Persian history. Using East India Company records and other sources, it charts the role of the Navy and commercial fleet in the Gulf, trade agreements, and the experience of Company staff, British and non-British living in and navigating conditions in 18th-century Persia. By examining the social, commercial and diplomatic history of this relationship, this book creates a new paradigm for the study of Early Modern interactions in the Indian Ocean."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382.0941055

Pirate enlightenment, or, The real Libertalia / David Graeber. "The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was home to several thousand pirates. This was the Golden Age of Piracy - but it was also, argues anthropologist David Graeber, a brief window of radical democracy, as the pirate settlers attempted to apply the egalitarian principles of their ships to a new society on land. In this jewel of a book, Graeber offers a way to 'decolonize the Enlightenment', demonstrating how this mixed community experimented with an alternative vision of human freedom, far from that being formulated in the salons and coffee houses of Europe. Its actors were Malagasy women, philosopher kings and escaped slaves, exploring ideas that were ultimately to be put into practice by Western revolutionary regimes a century later. Pirate Enlightenment playfully dismantles the central myths of the Enlightenment. In their place comes a story about the magic, sea battles, purloined princesses, manhunts, make-believe kingdoms, fraudulent ambassadors, spies, jewel thieves, poisoners and devil worship that lie at the origins of modern freedom." 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4/5

The sailor's word-book : an alphabetical digest of nautical terms, including some more especially military and scientific, but useful to seamen; as well as archaisms of early voyages etc Smyth, W H 1867 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(03)

Untersuchungen èuber die Bahn des grossen Cometen vom Jahre 1811 / von Fried. Wilh. Aug. Argelander. Argelander, Fr.-(Friedrich), 1823. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 521.3"1811":094

The dutch in the medway / by the author of "The camp of refuge." MacFarlane, Charles, 1845. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3

Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte der kèoniglichen rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitèat zu Bonn / angestellt und herausgegeben von Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander Argelander, Fr.-(Friedrich), 1852 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 520.1:094

Nelson and the age of fighting sail / by the editors of 'Horizon' magazine ; author Oliver Warner, in consultation with Chester W. Nimitz ; Illustrated with paintings [including portraits], drawings, letters, and maps of the period. Warner, Oliver. [1963]. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92NELSON

Textilia linnaena : Global 18th century textile traditions and trade /Viveka Hansen "This new monograph of 520 pages looks at how textile traditions spread throughout wider geographical areas to impact culture, economics, trade, textile dyes and social patterns in a world on the verge of becoming all the more globalised. The research project which has since 2006 been undertaken by the Textile Historian Viveka Hansen, was published in January 2017 as part of the IK Foundation's Mundus Linnµi series. A preface by the world leading Linnaeus' expert Gunnar Broberg, Professor emeritus and Editor for the Yearbook of the Swedish Linnaeus Society is introducing the volume."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:677

Britain's naval route to greatness 1688-1815 / Jeremy Black. "The key importance of naval success in Britain's rise to being the leading power in the world was a hard-won process, one that linked fighting effectiveness to national support. Covering both these elements, Jeremy Black takes us from the successful Dutch invasion of 1688 to the long sequence of British successes in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Here we have battles and dockyards, the details of naval combat and the finer points of political support for building and sustaining the largest navy in the world. Thanks to the navy, Britain survived as an independent state and moulded the world."--Provided by the publisher 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0094109033

The fearless Benjamin Lay : the Quaker dwarf who became the first revolutionary abolitionist /Marcus Rediker A biography of writer and activist Benjamin Lay, who was a prominent early campaigner for the end of enslavement in the United States in the early 18th century. The book gives an account of Lay's youth in Essex and London, his travels to Barbados as a sailor, where he became radicalised against the slave trade, and his subsequent lifelong work to draw public attention to its barbarism, influenced by his Quaker faith. The book also outlines Lay's impact and legacy in Quakerism and the abolitionist movement after his death. Includes 12 pages of colour plates. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92LAY

The mathematical science of Christopher Wren / J.A. Bennett. "Before he became a professional architect, Christopher Wren had a highly successful career as an astronomer - he was Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University - and he was actively involved in many branches of the science or 'natural philosophy' of his day. This side of his career has, until now, been neglected by historians and biographers, and has been regarded as distinct and separate. This book contains the first detailed account of Wren's natural philosophy and, in addition, after showing that 'science' and 'architecture' were not then distinct in the way we understand them today, it presents a new perspective on Wren's architectural philosophy. The book will be of value to anyone interested in the history of science or of architecture."--Provided by the publisher. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 509.2

Pirates of the slave trade : the Battle of Cape Lopez and the birth of an American institution /Angela C. Sutton. "In this landmark narrative history, historian Angela Sutton outlines the complex network of trade routes spanning the Atlantic Ocean trafficked by agents of empire, private merchants, and brutal pirates alike. Drawing from a wide range of primary historical sources, Sutton offers a new perspective on how a single battle played a pivotal role in reshaping the trade of enslaved people in ways that affect America to this day." 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 966.02

Chasing a dream : the exploration of the imaginary Pacific /John Dunmore. "Early Europeans may have believed the world was flat, but by the Middle Ages there was widespread acceptance that it was, in fact, a globe. What remained a mystery, however, was what lay on the "other side". Some believed it was a source of riches, an ocean harbouring countries where gold and unimaginable riches could be found, including islands from which King Solomon had obtained his wealth. In addition, the belief in a vast southern continent went back centuries, and many expeditions set out to find it, sometimes in search of wealth, sometimes to convert its inhabitants to Christianity. This is the story of the voyages into this great unknown, by the Chinese and early Americans, the Dutch, Spanish, French and English; it recounts the exploits of pirates and scientists, and even the impact of popular fiction on popular imagination, leading to the debunking of many myths, from the sunken Great Southern Continent, to the idea that in the "antipodes", people walked upside down"--Provided by the publisher 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(265/266)

Hero in the footnotes : the life and times of Richard Cadman Etches : entrepreneur and British spy /Michael Etches. "The book tells the story of Richard Cadman Etches, born in Warwickshire in 1753, who left home while still a youth to seek his fortune in London. He set up a successful liquor and wine importing business and soon acquired his own ship to deal directly with European suppliers. When, in 1784, news came from James Cook's fatal expedition that huge profits could be made from buying sea otter pelts from local tribes on the North Pacific coast of America and selling them in China, he seized his opportunity and set up a trading base in Nootka Sound. Unfortunately, one of his vessels was captured by Spanish forces who believed they controlled the coast, and this almost led to a war with Britain. Richard then became a full time British agent during the turbulent times of the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars and, among his many exploits was the organisation of Sir Sidney Smith's escape from a Paris gaol. He died in penury in a debtors' prison in London in 1817."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.07092

From Ushant to Gibraltar : the Channel Fleet, 1778 -1783 /Quintin Barry. "In 1778, when the expected war finally broke with France, Lord Sandwich, the long serving First Lord of the Admiralty, had to find the resources to match the French fleet not only in the Channel but in other theaters of war such as the West Indies, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. In addition, the Royal Navy had to protect Britain's extensive maritime commerce, covering the large inbound and outbound convoys on which the country's economy depended. This book is a study of the men who led and the men who managed, both afloat and ashore, the Channel Fleet."-- 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.009

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