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Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle / Charles Darwin. "Even before Charles Darwin changed the world with his theory of natural selection, he was recognised as an eminent scientist and natural historian. Published in 1840, and reproduced here from the first edition, his Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle reveals him as a writer of formidable intelligence and a keen observer of natural and human life. Darwin's journal encompasses every observable detail of the animals, birds and plants he encountered on the five-year voyage. It includes minute descriptions and even sketches of the movements and habits of hitherto unfamiliar species. Accompanying the entries are his own conclusions, analyses and classificatory notes that demonstrate his skill and talent as a naturalist. Darwin's entries on natural phenomena are interspersed with anecdotes of the indigenous peoples he encountered, transforming his journal from an impersonal scientific record to a book of true human interest."--Back cover. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)"1831/1836"

Rough waters : American involvement with the Mediterranean in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries /edited by Silvia Marzagalli, James R. Sofka and John J. McCusker. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49:382(73:262)

Nelson and the Nile : the naval war against Bonaparte, 1798 /Brian Lavery. The Battle of the Nile was the first of Nelson's great victories, and dealt a fatal blow to Napoleon's attempt to conquer Egypt. This volume offers an authoritative account of Nelson's Mediterranean campaign of 1798. 1998. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 355.49"1798"(621)

Nelson's lost jewel : the extraordinary story of the lost diamond chelengk /Martyn Downer. "Admiral Lord Nelson's diamond Chelengk is one of the most famous and iconic jewels in British history. Presented to Nelson by the Sultan Selim III of Turkey after the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the jewel had thirteen diamond rays to represent the French ships captured or destroyed at the action. A central diamond star on the jewel was powered by clockwork to rotate in wear. Nelson wore the Chelengk on his hat like a turban jewel, sparking a fashion craze for similar jewels in England. The jewel became his trademark to be endlessly copied in portraits and busts to this day. After Trafalgar, the Chelengk was inherited by Nelson's family and worn at the Court of Queen Victoria. Sold at auction in 1895 it eventually found its way to the newly opened National Maritime Museum in Greenwich where it was a star exhibit. In 1951 the jewel was stolen in a daring raid by an infamous cat-burglar and lost forever. For the first time, Martyn Downer tells the extraordinary true story of the Chelengk: from its gift to Nelson by the Sultan of Turkey to its tragic post-war theft, charting the jewel's journey through history and forging sparkling new and intimate portraits of Nelson, of his friends and rivals, and of the woman he loved."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

The constellation of Albion : occasioned by the death of the Right Hon William Pitt ... ca1810 • • 1 copy available. 094:820-1

Trafalgar : a poem : to the memory of Lord Nelson ... Sewell, Mrs 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Travels, between the years 1768 and 1773, through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile Bruce, James 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bruce

Verses on the death of the late right honourable Horatio Nelson ... Lowe, Richard 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Nelson : an university prize poem Croly, George 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Nelson

The tenth report of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry : the office of the treasurer of His Majesty's Navy Great Britain. Commissioners of Naval Enquiry 1805 • • 1 copy available. 354.71(42)"1786/1802"

The post-captain : or the wooden walls well manned : comprehending a view of naval society and manners / [Davis, John]. 1928. Davis, John 1928 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124

Liber nauticus : and instructor in the art of marine drawing /Dominick and John Thomas Serres Serres, Dominick 1979. • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 7Serres

The Universal Navigator, and modern tourist : comprehending authentic and circumstantial narratives of the most interesting voyages and travels ... 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Wilson

A practical treatise on the use of portable mathematical instruments, in the various parts of the mathematics. To which is added, a complete system of land-surveying Sleeman, Thomas 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

True greatness : or tributary stanzas to the glorious memory of Lord Viscount Nelson Sansom, T 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Battle of Trafalgar : the victory that inspired a nation. Times, The (London) 2003. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.49"1805"(42:44)

Nelson against Napoleon : from the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801 /edited by Robert Gardiner. 1997. • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 940.27

Atlantic piracy in the early nineteenth century : the shocking story of the pirates and the survivors of the Morning Star /Sarah Craze. "The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in the nineteenth century. Although the captain and many members of the crew were murdered by the pirates led by the notorious Benito de Soto, some survived, escaped and sailed the ship back to Britain. This book, based on extensive original research in Britain, Spain and Brazil, retells the story of the Morning Star, provides much new detail and corrects errors present in the many contemporary accounts of the attack. It sets the attack in the wider context of piracy in the period, and discusses many issues which the episode highlights: how pirates' careers began and developed; how they were pursued and tried, often with difficulty; what became of their treasure; how stories of the attack and of the survivors were sensationalised; how the women passengers on the ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then, back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 364.16/4

The shipwright's vade-mecum : a clear and familiar introduction to the principles and practice of ship-building : including the more complex rules of arithmetic made use of in that art ; with so much of the principles of practical geometry and mensuration as are required in the practice thereof. Also, a description of the sliding rule ; rules for the admeasurement of timber ; with several useful tables, and tables of dimensions, & c Illustrated with four large draughts, fitted up separately, and numerous smaller figures /[David Steel]. Steel, David, 1805. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(42)"18":094

A letter to the Right Hon. Spencer Percival [sic], Chancellor of the Exchequer &c. &c. on the subject of certain claims upon the government : together with some observations on the motives which appear to have actuated his conduct in resisting them and containing an appeal to the British nation on the most wanton and invidious aspersion made by him in his ministerial capacity of the character of the late, ever to be lamented, Lord Nelson /by Isabella, Countess of Glencairn. A publicly argued plea to the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, in which he is accused of having remarked to the author that "I never thought of the late Lord Nelson and his services as the world has; so far otherwise, that I consider his death was the salvation of the country, since, had he lived, he, in one way or other, would have ruined the nation, and emptied the Treasury"--p. 4. 1812. • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

The seasick admiral : Nelson and the health of the Navy /Kevin Brown. "Horatio Nelson did not enjoy robust good health. From his childhood he was prone to many of the ailments so common in the eighteenth century, and after he joined the Navy he contracted fevers that further undermined his strength: he was even seasick whenever he first put to sea. Nevertheless, he saw more action than most officers, and was often wounded - the loss of the sight in one eye and a shattered arm were the most public, but by no means his only injuries. This personal experience of sickness made him uniquely aware of the importance of health and fitness to the efficient running of a fleet, and this new book investigates Nelson's personal contribution to improving the welfare of the men he commanded. It ranges from issues of diet, through hygiene to improved medical practices. Believing prevention was better than cure, Nelson went to great lengths to obtain fresh provisions, insisted on cleanliness in his ships, and even understood the relationship between mental and physical health, working tirelessly to keep up the morale of his men. Many other people contributed to what became a revolution in naval health but because of his heroic status Nelson's influence was hugely significant, a role which this book reveals in detail for the first time."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 613.68(42)"17/18"

The romantic and picturesque scenery of England and Wales : from drawings made expressly for this undertaking ... with historical and descriptive accounts of the several places of which views are given Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques de 1979 • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 7.035(44)

Trafalgar : a rhapsody on the death of Lord Nelson : dedicated to Lord Barham Bellew, Robert 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Nelson's tomb : inscribed to the army, navy and volunteers of the United Kingdom 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

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