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Memoire sur la collection des Grands et Petits voyages et sur la collection des voyages de Melchisedech Thevenot Camus, A G 1802 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:016:910.4"14/16"

The bombardier and pocket gunner Adye, Ralph Willett, 1802 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:623.5

Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben von Fr. von Zach, H. S. Oberstwachtmeister und Director der Sternwarte Seeberg Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1802 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1802":094

Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn von Zach, Herzogl. Sachsischem Obersten und Directorn der Sternwarre Seeberg bey Gotha Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1802 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1802":094

Narrative of the loss of the Grosvenor East-Indiaman which was wrecked on the coasts of Caffraria in Africa, on the fourth of August, 1782 ... compiled from the testimony of the one of the survivors 1802 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61.085.3

The nautical nomenclator : or dictionary of the British navy in which is explained the meaning of the name of every ship, obvious or abtruse, foreign or native, belonging to the navy of the Great Britain Losack, William 1802? • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:623.82(42)

An account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to 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

Revue des deux mondes : XLIX annee - Troisieme periode Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes 1879 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 82:094

A compendious view of the civil law, and of the the law of the Admiralty : being the substance of a course of lectures read in the University of Dublin Browne, Arthur 1802 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 347(42):094

The British mariner's directory and guide to the trade and navigation of the Indian and China seas : containing instructions for navigating from Europe to India and China : and from port to port in those regions, and parts adjacent: With an account of the trade, mercantile habits, manners, and customs of the natives /H.M. Elmore. Elmore, Hattie Maen. 1802. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83(267)

Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written by herself /Harriet A. Jacobs ; edited by L. Maria Child. With 'A true tale of slavery' / by John S. Jacobs ; edited and with an introduction by Jean Fagan Yellin "This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John S. Jacobs's short slave narrative, 'A True Tale of Slavery', published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs's autobiography. It is an exciting addition to this now classic work, as John Jacobs presents further historical information about family life so well described already by his sister. Once more, Jean Fagan Yellin, who discovered this long-lost document, supplies annotation and authentication. This is the standard edition of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, reissued here in the John Harvard Library and updated with a new bibliography."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.7/115092

Papers and correspondence of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth / edited by John D. Grainger. "Sir John Duckworth commanded ships and squadrons and fleets throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was an assiduous correspondent, writing to Admirals St Vincent, Nelson, Collingwood, and numerous other naval officers. He kept every piece of paper he wrote on or received. He was in the first expedition to the West Indies when he went on a mission to the United States to suppress a French privateer. He commanded a ship in First of June fight in 1794, and was peripherally involved in the great naval mutinies of 1797. He was picked out by Lord St Vincent to command the recovery of Minorca in 1798. He returned to the West Indies in 1799 where he was commander-in-chief in the Leeward Islands, and then at Jamaica. There he was much involved in the Revolutionary war in Haiti, eventually receiving several thousands of French refugees and sending them on to France. A spell with the Channel fleet was succeeded by time at the blockade of Gibraltar. Against orders, he chased a French squadron across the Atlantic and destroyed it (Battle of San Domingo 1796). One of his more curious adventures was a diplomatic mission to the Constantinople to browbeat the Ottoman Sultan into making peace with Russia in 1807. He failed, of course, and was criticised for not bombarding the city. He served out his time afloat with the Channel fleet, displaying his usual humanity. A three-year appointment as governor of Newfoundland completed his career."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.3/32092

That curious fellow : Captain Basil Hall, R.N. /James McCarthy. "Son of a scientifically-minded Scottish aristocrat, Basil Hall joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 in 1802. His first naval engagements in America and Spain during the Peninsular War are described, as are his travels in India and the Far East. His renowned interview with Napoleon, while still a prisoner on St. Helena, is featured. He was a confidante of Sir Walter Scott, Dickens and many other distinguished authors of his day. He was renowned for his curiosity and energy and became a popular writer himself based on his world-wide travels and adventures. As an amateur scientist, Hall made important contributions to nautical astronomy, geology and naval technology, being a Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and numbered Sir John Herschel, Mary Somerville, and Sir Humphrey Davy among his scientific friends."--Back cover. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HALL

Horation Nelson and the Hamiltons : a salute in words and music. 1805 Club. 2002] • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 92NELSON(089.7)

The Royal Dockyards and the pressures of global war, 1793-1815 : Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society Volume 13 August 2020 ; conference held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich 25 April 2015 /editor Nicholas Blake. The Naval Dockyards Society. 2020. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Springboard to victory : Great Yarmouth and the Royal Navy's dominance in the North Sea and the Baltic during the French Wars 1793-1815 /David Higgins. "Great Yarmouth is best known for being a seaside resort and for its former status as the country's leading herring fishing port, but what has largely been forgotten is that during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802) and the two Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) it was the main support base for naval and military operations in the North Sea and the Baltic. It was not until I researched a book called The Beachmen that I became aware of this dramatic period in the history of the town and the nation and I was surprised to find that nothing substantial had been written on the subject. Of course, a great many books had been produced on the navy's involvement in these wars, but most concentrated on the high drama of the six major fleet actions and the exploits of Horatio Nelson rather than the equally important, but more mundane, means by which the navy's warships were kept at sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

A voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's ship the Swiftsure, one of the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the battle of the Nile... Willyams, Cooper 1802 • RARE-OVER • 3 copies available. 094:355.49"1798"(621)

Steel's prize pay lists : containing accounts of prize and head money paid, and now payable, for prizes taken or destroyed during the last war... Steel, David, 1802? • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:623.82(42)

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)

The transformation of British naval strategy : seapower and supply in Northern Europe, 1808-1812 /James Davey. After the Battle of Trafalgar, the Navy continued to be the major arm of British strategy. After decades of practice and refinement it was expert at executing operations - fighting battles, blockading and convoying - across the globe. And yet, as late as 1807, fleets were forced from their stations due to an ineffective provisioning system. The book is a detailed study of national policy, administrative and political reform and strategic viability. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(42)"1808/1812"

War, empire and slavery, 1770-1830 / edited by Richard Bessel, Nicholas Guyatt and Jane Rendall. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.01:326(4-44)"1770/1830"

Baudin, Napoleon and the exploration of Australia / by Nicole Starbuck "This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in Sydney made by Nicolas Baudin's scientific expedition to Australia in 1802. Starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition's stay in colonial Sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of French society, politics and science in the era of Bonaparte. Aspects examined include Baudin's leadership skills, life on board the ship, colonial encounters with Aborigines and the nature of Anglo-French rivalry during the period. While previous histories have viewed Baudin's time in Sydney as little more than an opportunity for the French to recuperate after their journey, Starbuck presents it as a pivotal moment in French history, intellectual thought and imperialism."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(94)"1802"

Britain's empire : resistance, repression and revolt /Richard Gott. This revelatory new history punctures the widely held belief that the British Empire was an imaginative and civilizing enterprise. Instead, BRITAIN'S EMPIRE reveals a history of systemic repression and almost perpetual violence, showing how British rule was imposed as a military operation and maintained as a military dictatorship. For colonized peoples, the experience was a horrific one, of slavery, famine, battle and extermination. Yet, as Richard Gott shows, the Empire's oppressed peoples did not go quietly into this good night. Wherever Britain tried to plant its flag, it met with opposition. From Ireland to India, from the American colonies to Australia, Gott traces the rebellions and resistance of subject peoples whose all-but-forgotten stories are excluded from traditional accounts of empire. He shows, too, how the British Empire provided a blue print for the annihilation of peoples in twentieth-century Europe, and argues that its leaders must rank alongside the dictators of the twentieth century as authors of crimes against humanity on an infamous scale. -- Publisher description. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44"17/18"

In the blood of our brothers : abolitionism and the end of the slave trade in Spain's Atlantic empire, 1800-1870 /Jesâus Sanjurjo. "Throughout the nineteenth century, very few people in Spain campaigned to stop the slave trade and did even less to abolish slavery. Even when some supported abolition, the reasons that moved them were not always humanitarian, liberal, or egalitarian. How abolitionist ideas were received, shaped, and transformed during this period has been ripe for study. Jesâus Sanjurjo?s In the Blood of Our Brothers: Abolitionism and the End of the Slave Trade in Spain?s Atlantic Empire, 1800?1870 provides a comprehensive theory of the history, the politics, and the economics of the persistence and growth of the slave trade in the Spanish empire even as other countries moved toward abolition. Sanjurjo privileges the central role that British activists and diplomats played in advancing the abolitionist cause in Spain. In so doing, he brings to attention the complex and uneven development of abolitionist and antiabolitionist discourses in Spain?s public life, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the transatlantic trade. His delineation of the ideological and political tension between Spanish liberalism and imperialism is crucial to formulating a fuller explanation of the reasons for the failure of anti?slave trade initiatives from 1811 to the 1860s. Slave trade was tied to the notion of inviolable property rights, and slavery persisted and peaked following three successful liberal revolutions in Spain."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/6209809034

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