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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, 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1804":094
Observations and instructions for the use of the commissioned, junior and other officers of the Royal Navy on all the material points of professional duty ... Captain 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.51(42)"1804"
The unfortunate Englishmen : or a faithful narrative of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, and five other English mariners, viz. Thomas Rounce, John Holland, Richard Banister, John Balmain and Thomas Robinson, who were taken by a Spanish guarda costa, and set on shore at Porto Cavallo Cockburn, John 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:341.362.1(729)"17"
An Essay on naval tactics, systematical and historical, with explanatory plates : in four parts /by John Clerk Clerk, John 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.461"17"
Reflections on the menaced invasion, and the means of protecting the Capital by preventing the enemy from landing in any part contiguous to it : a letter to the Earl of Harrington, on the proposed fortifications round London ... Hanger, George 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.45(421)"17"
Voyage dans les quatre principales iles des mers d'Afrique, fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les annees neuf et dix de la Republique (1801 et 1802), avec l'histoire de la traversee du Capitaine Baudin jusqu'au Port Louis de l'Ile Maurice Bory de St-Vincent, Jean Baptiste Genevieve Marcellin 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(6)"1801/1802"
Revue des deux mondes : XLIX annee - Troisieme periode Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes 1879 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 82:094
The criminal recorder; or, biographical sketches of notorious public characters; including murderers, traitors, pirates ... 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:341.362.1
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
Knowledge and colonialism : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa /by Siegfried Huigen. Huigen, Siegfried 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.3/.4(83)"17"
Britons : forging the nation, 1707-1837 /Linda Colley. Colley, Linda 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44"1707/1837"
Mistress of Science The Story of the Remarkable Janet Taylor, Pioneer of Sea Navigation. /John S. Croucher A biography of Janet Taylor (1804-1870), born Jane Ann Ionn, a gifted mathematician, astronomer, instrument maker, author and teacher of navigation. Her father, a clergyman and teacher, maintained a large library and her intelligence and mathematical skills were quickly recognised resulting in a scholarship to attend the Royal School of Embroidering Females so that she could continue her study of mathematics, astronomy and navigation. She went on to establish that the earth is spheroidal rather than spherical meaning that longitude could be established with a greater degree of accuracy and navigational instruments could be calibrated accordingly. She published a number of works on astronomy and navigation, including Luni-Solar and Horary Tables in 1833 and An Epitome of Navigation, and Nautical Astronomy with Improved Lunar Tables in 1842. Both were well received and ran to several editions. Her two nautical academies were endorsed by the Admiralty, Trinity House and the East India Company. Janet Taylor was also a recognised instrument maker, creating and calibrating chronometers, compasses, sextants and binnacles and invented and patented a mariner's calculator in 1834. She died in poverty, largely estranged from her six surviving children, with no official recognition of her achievements. The author, John Croucher, is descended from her eldest brother. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92TAYLOR, JANET
European slave trading in the Indian Ocean, 1500-1850 / Richard B. Allen. "Between 1500 and 1850, European traders shipped hundreds of thousands of African, Indian, Malagasy, and Southeast Asian slaves to ports throughout the Indian Ocean world. The activities of the British, Dutch, French, and Portuguese traders who operated in the Indian Ocean demonstrate that European slave trading was not confined largely to the Atlantic but must now be viewed as a truly global phenomenon. European slave trading and abolitionism in the Indian Ocean also led to the development of an increasingly integrated movement of slave, convict, and indentured labor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the consequences of which resonated well into the twentieth century. Richard B. Allen's magisterial work dramatically expands our understanding of the movement of free and forced labor around the world. Drawing upon extensive archival research and a thorough command of published scholarship, Allen challenges the modern tendency to view the Indian and Atlantic oceans as self-contained units of historical analysis and the attendant failure to understand the ways in which the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds have interacted with one another. In so doing, he offers tantalizing new insights into the origins and dynamics of global labor migration in the modern world."--Provided by the publisher. 2014 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326
The Times history of the world in maps : the rise and fall of empires, countries and cities. From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps the world has rapidly evolved and cartography has kept pace with these changes. In this book, over 60 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 912.43(100)".../20"
Medicina nautica : an essay on the diseases of seamen Trotter, Thomas, 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 6 copies available. 094:613.68
Naval Leadership in the Atlantic World : the Age of Reform and Revolution, 1700-1850 /edited by Richard Harding and Agustâin Guimerâa. "The naval leader has taken centre stage in traditional naval histories. However, while the historical narrative has been fairly consistent the development of various navies has been accompanied by assumptions, challenges and competing visions of the social characteristics of naval leaders and of their function. Whilst leadership has been a constant theme in historical studies, it has not been scrutinised as a phenomenon in its own right. This book examines the critical period in Europe between 1700 -1850, when political, economic and cultural shifts were bringing about a new understanding of the individual and of society. Bringing together context with a focus on naval leadership as a phenomenon is at the heart of this book, a unique collaborative venture between British, French and Spanish scholars. As globalisation develops in the twenty-first century the significance of navies looks set to increase. This volume of essays aims to place naval leadership in its historical context."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133.4(4)"1700/1850"
A guide to navigators when approaching the Maldive and Laccadive Islands, shoals and channels : to which is added, a table of latitudes and longitudes of all the places on the coast of Malabar, from Anjenga, Northward, as far as Diu Head on the coast of Guzerat Keys, Charles 1828 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(548):094
The diary of Joseph Farington / edited by Kenneth Garlick and Angus Macintyre "Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary developments."--Provided by the publisher. 1978-84 • BOOK • 17 copies available. 92FARINGTON, Joseph
The British trident : or register of naval action: including authentic accounts of all the most remarkable engagements at sea, in which the British flag has been eminently distinguished; from the period of the memorable defeat of the Spanish Armada, to the present time /By Archibald Duncan, Esq. Duncan, Archibald. 1804-1809. • RARE-BOOK • 12 copies available. 355.49"1558/1809"(42)