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Famous sea battles / [by]Donald Kneebone. Kneebone, Donald 1968. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"-0480/1939"

Far distant ships : the blockade of Brest 1793-1815 /Quintin Barry "Throughout the long drawn out war at sea during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, it was a cardinal principle of British naval strategy to blockade the port of Brest, the largest and most important of the French naval bases that threatened the security of the British Isles. It was a strategy that had been perfected by Sir Edward Hawke during the Seven Years War of 1756 - 1763, when it culminated in the stunning victory of Quiberon Bay. The American naval historian A.T. Mahan memorably summed up the contribution of the Royal Navy to the ultimate defeat of Napoleon when he wrote: 'Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the domination of the world.' There were many aspects to the blockade of Brest, but always at its centre was the need to frustrate French attempts at the invasion of Britain or Ireland. Most famous of these, of course, was Napoleon's intricate combination that led to the campaign of Trafalgar, in the course of which his invasion plans disintegrated. But there were many other offensive moves which it was the blockading fleet's duty to prevent. Inevitably, there were great sea battles when the French ventured out, though fewer than might have been expected. For many months at a time the British fleet was at sea off Brest facing the considerable dangers of wind and weather without encountering its adversary. There were many remarkable leaders who came to the fore during the long years of war; Howe, Bridport, St Vincent, Cornwallis and Keith were among those who led the Channel Fleet. Nelson described his captains as a 'band of brothers', but this was by no means a description that could be applied to the quarrelsome, self willed and argumentative group of men who held the destiny of the Royal Navy in their hands, whether at sea or around the boardroom table at the Admiralty. Drawing on the official and personal correspondence of those involved, this book traces the development of British naval strategy, as well as describing the crucial encounters between the rival fleets and the single ship actions which provided the press with a constant flow of news stories for its readers."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.463.3(42:44)"1793/1815"

Imagining the Arctic : Heroism, spectacle and polar exploration /Huw Lewis-Jones. "Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince their contemporaries of the merits of polar voyages. Much of exploration was in fact theatre: a series of performances to capture public attention and persuade governments to finance ambitious proposals. The achievements of explorers were promoted, celebrated, and manipulated, whilst explorers themselves became the subject of huge attention. Huw Lewis-Jones draws upon recovered texts and striking images, many reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century, to show how exploration was projected through a series of spectacular visuals, helping us to reconstruct the ways that heroes and the wilderness were imagined. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, Imagining the Arctic offers original insights into our understanding of exploration and its pull on the public imagination."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(98/99)

Nelson Usher, James. 1844. Usher, James 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Narrative of a voyage to Brasil, terminating in the seizure of a British vessel and the imprisonment of the author and the ship's crew by the Portuguese ... Lindley, Thomas 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(81)"1802"

Nelson : an elegy 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Instruccion sobre punterias, para el uso de los baxeles del rey, escrita de orden superior por el brigadier de la real armada Churruca, D Cosme Damian de 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:623.447

A practical introduction to spherics and nautical astronomy : being an attempt to simplify those useful sciences Kelly, P 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.093T:094

A new atlas of the mundane system : or of geography and cosmography / Dunn, Samuel. ca1787. Dunn, Samuel ca1787 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(100)"17"

Nelson triumphant : a poem Myers, T 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

The post-captain : or the wooden walls well manned : comprehending a view of naval society and manners / [Davis, John]. 1813. Davis, John 1813 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124

Le Petit neptune francais : or French coasting pilot for the coast of Flanders (Belgium), Channel, the Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean... Dessiou, J F 1805 • ATLAS-FOL • 1 copy available. 094:527.83(44)"17"

Cumby of the Bellerophon / Hilary W. Jackson. Short biography of an officer who served on HMS Bellepheron at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. 2010. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92CUMBY

A funereal ode : in two parts on the death of Lord Nelson Bray, Edward Atkyns 1806 • • 1 copy available. 094:820-1

Short sketch of the life of Captain Sir Frederick Thesiger, aide-du-camp (sic) to the late much-lamented Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, on the attack of the line of defence before Copenhagen ... 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92Thesiger

A Tour in Zealand, in the year 1802; with an historical sketch of the battle of Copenhagen Anderson, Andreas (act) 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(492.91)

The Trial at large, of Joseph Wall Esq., late Governor of Goree Island, on the coast of Africa... 1802 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3Earl of Abergavenny

Plans of the several estates and farms belonging to Greenwich Hospital in the counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham. From actual surveys Royal Hospital for Seamen (Greenwich) 1805 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:355.292Greenwich

The fight off Trafalgar : a descriptive poem Harley, George Davies 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:820-1

Further papers and accounts ... respecting ships of war, timber, dockyards Great Britain.-Admiralty 1805 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 342.537(42)"1804/1806" <EXTI Navy papers presented to the House of Commons

Report from the Select Committee upon the Eleventh Naval Report Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee upon the Eleventh Naval Report 1805 • • 1 copy available. 354.71(42)"1796/1804"

Further accounts and papers ... relating to ships of war, timber etc Great Britain.-Admiralty 1805 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 342.537(42)"1804/1806" <EXTI Navy papers presented to the House of Commons

The collection of autograph letters and historical documents formed by Alfred Morrison (second series 1882-1893) : the Hamilton & Nelson papers ... Nelson, Horatio Nelson,-Viscount, 1893-1894 • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 92Hamilton(093.32)

Nelson and his times / by Lord Charles Beresford and H. W. Wilson. Beresford, Charles William De la Poer Beresford,-Baron, [1897]. • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 92NELSON

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