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In defence of Emma : 'scheming adventuress' or 'radiant presence'? /Sylvia K. Robinson. "Emma, Lady Hamilton, the subject of this new and important biography, has been roundly maligned in previous biographies and repeatedly criticised in the many biographies of her husband, Sir William Hamilton and those of Admiral Lord Nelson, her lover. The aim of the long overdue re-assessment of her life is to defend her reputation against the unwarranted and unsubstantiated allegations commonly made against her. She is most often portrayed as 'infamous' and 'notorious'. However, it is universally acknowledged that she was one of the most beautiful women in Europe at the time. Her absorbing, enthralling and ultimately tragic story is told here in her own words through the prolifics correspondence exchanged between her and the significant people in her life, most especially Hamilton and Nelson. Few authors give Emma credit for her achievements. Born into inauspicious circumstances, she yet mastered several languages, rose to acclaimed success in singing and acting, became and valued friend and confidante of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, and played and politically pivotal role in those desperate years during which Napoleon attempted to conquer Europe. This meticulously researched narrative is a penetrating study of Emma's life and influence. The story unfolds through an extensive and impartial examination of the letters, wills, bank accounts and further extant documentation. Particular attention is paid to the financial details that reveal the full extent of Emma's tragic end. The author presents an intriguing new approach to Emma's legacy, successfully defending her against her dishonourable and undeserved reputation."--Inside cover 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HAMILTON, EMMA

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, 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1803":094

The Trial at large of William Codlin, captain of the brig Adventure, John Read, supercargo, W MacFarlane and J Easterby, owners of the said brig, at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, on Tuesday October 26th 1802, for feloniously destroying the above vessel, by boring holes in her bottom ... Codling, William 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:340.96Codling

A complete set of nautical tables, containing all that are requisite with the Nautical almanac in keeping a ships reckoning at sea, and in ascertaining the latitude and longitude by celestial observations, including a ... table of the latitudes and longitudes of the principal ports Norie, J. W.-(John William), 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:527(083.5)

Des bois propres aux constructions navales : manuel a l'usage des agens forestiers et maritimes Goujon, Louis Joseph Marie Achille 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:629.123.1

Nuevo diccionario portatil, espanol e ingles, compuesto segun los mejores diccionarios que hasta ahora han salido a luz ambas naciones. /Por C. M. Gattel, profesor de gramatica general. Gattel, C M 1803. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 030.8Spanish

Anno regni Georgii II. At the Parliament begun... the tenth day of November AD 1747... An act for amending, explaining, and reducing into one act of parliament the laws relating to the government of His Majesty's ships, vessels, and forces by sea : also an act made in 19 Geo III to explain and amend the said act Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1803 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 342.537:094

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, 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1803":094

Terra Australis : Matthew Flinders' great adventures in the circumnavigation of Australia /edited and introduced by Tim Flannery. "Matthew Flinders is the man who gave Australia its name. A Voyage to Terra Australis, first published in two volumes in 1814, is his masterwork in which he vividly describes his voyages to map the great island continent between 1796 and 1803. Brilliantly edited and introduced by Tim Flannery, this version includes the journey Flinders made with George Bass to prove that Tasmania is an island, his herculean voyage in the Investigator circumnavigating Australia and his account of the wreck of the Porpoise. Flinders writes about his meetings with Aborigines, his encounters with French explorers and Macassan fishing fleets, and about the unforgettable wilderness of Australia."--Provided by the publisher. 2001. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(94)"1796/1803"

The progress of maritime discovery : from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century, forming an extensive system of hydrography /by James Stanier Clarke Clarke, James Stanier, 1803 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 528.47:094

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 patent nautical angle, whereby a ship's departure, meridional difference of latitude etc are obtained ... in plain sailing, oblique, current and Mercator, with a sliding scale of meridional parts, graduated to four miles Pattrick, Thomas 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:520.259

The East-India register and directory...: from the official returns received at the East-India House. [1803-1844] • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Traitâe âelâementaire de trigonomâetrie rectiligne et sphâerique, et d'application de l'algáebre áa la gâeomâetrie / par S.F. Lacroix. Lacroix, S. F.-(Silvestre Franðcois), 1803. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 514.116:094

The progress of maritime discovery : from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century, forming an extensive system of hydrography /by James Stanier Clarke Clarke, James Stanier, 1803. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 910.4"...17":094

The mathematical principles of natural philosophy Newton, Issac 1803 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 5.093:094

Supplâement au Traitâe des montres áa longitudes : suivi de la notice des recherches de l'auteur, depuis 1752 jusques en 1807 /par Ferdinand Berthoud. Berthoud, Ferdinand, 1807. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.282:094

Steel's naval remembrancer : or, the gentleman's maritime chronology of the various transactions of the late war, from its commencement to the important period of signing the preliminary articles, on the 20th of January, 1783. Being An interesting Collection of Intelligence, absolutely necessary for making an accurate Investigation of the naval Resources and efficient Force of the late belligerent Powers. Comprised Under The Following Heads: 1. An accurate Statement of the marine Forces of England, France, Spain, and Holland, on the 20th of January, 1783; deducing thence a comparative View of the Navies of each Power, as opposed to Great-Britain. 2. The Disposition of the commissioned Ships of the British Navy, January 20, 1783, tabularly shewing the Admirals and Commodores on the different Stations, with the Number of Ships under their respective Commands. 3. A List of the Cabinet, Jan. 20, 1783. 4. Authentic Copies of the Provisional Articles and Definitive Treaty with America; the Preliminary Articles and Definitive Treaties with France and Spain; and the Preliminary Articles with Holland; including Copies of the Full Powers, Separate Articles, and other Instruments, signed by the belligerent and mediating Powers, or their Plenipotentiaries. 5. The British Ministry, at the different Periods of signing the Preliminary Articles and Definitive Treaties, &c. 6. A List of British Ships of War lost, taken, or destroyed, during the late War, by whom and where taken, &c. 7. A List of American, French, Spanish, and Dutch, Ships, taken or destroyed during the late War, by whom and where taken, &c. 8. A List of Admirals, Commodores, Post-Captains, Masters and Commanders, and Lieutenants commanding Cutters, &c. who have lost their Lives in the Service of Great-Britain during the late War, with the Dates of their Commissions, the Ships they commanded, and the Year and Manner of their Death. With many other subordinate Lists, Tables, &c. Steel, David, M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1783":094

A general history of mathematics : from the earliest times to the middle of the eighteenth century /Translated from the French of John Bossut, Member of the French National Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the Academies of Bologna, Petersburg, Turin, &c. To which is affixed a chronological table of the most eminent mathematicians. Bossut, Charles 1803. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

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.

Convicts in the colonies : transportation tales from Britain to Australia /Lucy Williams. "In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported 'beyond the seas.' These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empire's most remote colony: Australia. Through vivid real-life case studies and famous tales of the exceptional and extraordinary, Convicts in the Colonies narrates the history of convict transportation to Australia, from the first to the final fleet. Using the latest original research, Convicts in the Colonies reveals a fascinating century-long history of British convicts unlike any other. Covering everything from crime and sentencing in Britain and the perilous voyage to Australia, to life in each of the three main penal colonies , New South Wales, Van Diemenis Land, and Western Australiaii this book charts the lives and experiences of the men and women who crossed the world and underwent one of the most extraordinary punishment in history."--Publisher's description. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.51(94)

Abson & Company : slave traders in eighteenth-century West Africa /Stanley B. Alpern. "Yorkshireman Lionel Abson was the longest surviving European stationed in West Africa in the eighteenth century. He reached William's Fort at Ouidah on the Slave Coast as a trader in 1767, took over the English fort in 1770, and remained in charge until his death in 1803. He avoided the 'white man's grave' for thirty-six years. Along the way he had three sons with an African woman, the eldest partly schooled in England, and a bright daughter named Sally. When Abson died, royal lackeys kidnapped his children. Sally was placed in the king's harem and pined away; her brothers vanished. That king became so unpopular as a result that the people of Dahomey disowned him. Abson also mastered the local language and became an historian. After only two years as fort chief, he was part of the king's delegation to make peace with an enemy, a unique event in centuries of Dahomean history. This singular book recounts the remarkable life of this key figure in an ignominious period of European and African history, offering a microcosm of the lives of Europeans in eighteenth-century West Africa, and their relationships with and attitudes towards those they met there."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ABSON

Commemoration of the four great naval victories obtained by the English during the late war : Earl Howe's over the French off Ushant, June 1 1794; Earl St Vincent's over the Spaniards off Cape St Vincent, February 14 1797; Lord Viscount Duncan's over the Dutch, off Camperdown, October 11 1797; Lord Viscount Nelson's over the French, in the Bay of Aboukir, August 1, 1798 :in emblematical engravings ... with portraits of all the admirals and captains who so gloriously distinguished themsleves in these engagements, taken from life, or from original pictures :to which is annexed, a full and authentic account of each action, including the different interesting events that occurred previous or subsequent to them /by R. Smirke. Smirke, R 1803. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 355.49"1794/1798"(084.1)

Escape from the French : a young Royal Navy midshipman's adventures during the napoleonic war /Edward Boys. "This is an essential first hand account of the war the Royal Navy fought against Napoleon Bonaparte's France. Truth is said to be often stranger than fiction and this tale of battle, capture and escape could have come directly from the pen of C. S Forrester or one of the other famous authors of life before the mast in the early nineteenth century. While sailing on the frigate Phoebe, Boys was present when she took two ships of the enemy fleet. Boys was subsequently put aboard one as prize-master. His elation was short lived as their little convoy was soon surprised by four French frigates and Boys and his scratch crew taken prisoner. Incarceration within a daunting fortress in France followed but still Boys and his companions planned and effected an audacious escape from their formidable prison that was but the prelude to a flight through enemy held territory in the hope of crossing the Channel to England and liberty."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BOYS

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