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A Compendious report of the trial of Henry Viscount Melville upon the impeachment of the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, for high crimes and misdemeanors Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Melville

Seamanship : both in theory and practice Steel, David, 1795 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:656.61.052

Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade /Jonathan W. White. "Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, Cuban liberation, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most importantly, the book depicts the extraordinary lengths the Lincoln Administration went to destroy the illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using Oaksmith?s case as a lens, White takes readers into the murky underworld of New York City, where federal marshals plied the docks in lower Manhattan in search of evidence of slave trading. Once they suspected Oaksmith, federal authorities had him arrested and convicted, but in 1862 he escaped from jail and became a Confederate blockade-runner in Havana. The Lincoln Administration tried to have him kidnapped in violation of international law, but the attempt was foiled. Always claiming innocence, Oaksmith spent the next decade in exile until he received a presidential pardon from U.S. Grant, at which point he moved to North Carolina and became an anti-Klan politician. Through a remarkable, fast-paced story, this book will give readers a new perspective on slavery and shifting political alliances during the turbulent Civil War Era." 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.6092

Tabulae speciales aberrationis et nutationis in ascensionem rectam et in declinationem ad supputandas stellarum fixarum De Zach, Francisco Lib. Bar. 1806-1807 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.093T:094

Biographical memoirs of Lord Viscount Nelson, with observations, critical and explanatory /by John Charnock, Esq. F.S.A. author of the Biographia Navalis, and the history of Marine Architecture. Charnock, John. 1806. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:92Nelson

A sermon occasioned by the circumstances of the late glorious and decisive victory, obtained by the British fleet, under the command of Lord Viscount Nelson ... off Trafalgar on Monday, 21st October, 1805, delivered on board His Majesty's ship Britannia Halloran, Laurence Hynes, 1806 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:252.6

An account of a voyage to India, China &c in His Majesty's ship Caroline, performed in the years 1803-4-5... 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(51:54)"1803/1806"

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 vom Freyherrn F. von Zach, Herzoglichen Sachsen-Gothaischen Oberhosmister Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1806":094

The thirteenth report of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry : contracts for victualling sick prisoners of war between the Commissioners for taking care of sick and wounded seamen, sick prisoners of war and Dr Thomas Mein Great Britain. Commissioners of Naval Enquiry 1806 • • 1 copy available. 355.655(42)"1806"

Memoirs of the professional life and glorious achievements of the late Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson. To which is added, a circumstantial account of the grand funeral processions ... 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:92Nelson:393

Observations by way of supplement to the first report of the Commissioners ... on the memorial of the principal officers and commissioners of His Majesty's Navy in answer to that report Great Britain. Commissioners of Naval Enquiry 1806 • • 1 copy available. 359.523(42:729.2)"1803"

Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn F. von Zach, Herzoglichen Sachsen-Gothaischen Oberhosmister Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1806":094

Dâecouverte de l'orbite de la terre du point central de l'orbite du soleil : leur situation, et leur fomre; de la section du Zodiaque, par le plan de l'Equateur, et du Mouvement concordant des deux Globes /par M.r C. J. E. H. D'Aguila Aguila, C. J. E. H. d'. 1806. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.43:094

The battle of Trafalgar : a poem Kempe, A J 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:820-1

Catalogus der bibliothek Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum 1960 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 069(26:492.62)

The life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson ... Harrison, James 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Nelson

Steel's naval remembrancer, from the commencement of the war in 1793 to the end of the year 1800 : intended as a complete supplement to the Navy Lists up to that period ... Steel, David, [1801?]. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1800":094

An accurate and impartial life of the late Lord Viscount Nelson ... together with private anecdotes ... Lloyd, Frederick 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Nelson

The perils of interpreting : the extraordinary lives of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire /Henrietta Harrison. "The 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney's fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been viewed as a clash of cultures fueled by the East's disinterest in the West. In The Perils of Interpreting, Henrietta Harrison presents a more nuanced picture, ingeniously shifting the historical lens to focus on Macartney's two interpreters at that meeting--Li Zibiao and George Thomas Staunton. Who were these two men? How did they intervene in the exchanges that they mediated? And what did these exchanges mean for them? From Galway to Chengde, and from political intrigues to personal encounters, Harrison reassesses a pivotal moment in relations between China and Britain. She shows that there were Chinese who were familiar with the West, but growing tensions endangered those who embraced both cultures and would eventually culminate in the Opium Wars. Harrison demonstrates that the Qing court's ignorance about the British did not simply happen, but was manufactured through the repression of cultural go-betweens like Li and Staunton. She traces Li's influence as Macartney's interpreter, the pressures Li faced in China as a result, and his later years in hiding. Staunton interpreted successfully for the British East India Company in Canton, but as Chinese anger grew against British imperial expansion in South Asia, he was compelled to flee to England. Harrison contends that in silencing expert voices, the Qing court missed an opportunity to gain insights that might have prevented a losing conflict with Britain. Uncovering the lives of two overlooked figures, The Perils of Interpreting offers an empathic argument for cross-cultural understanding in a connected world."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.5104109033

Memoirs of the professional life of Horatio Viscount Nelson ... with biographical particulars of contemporary naval officers ... to which is added ... the ceremonies attending his funeral White, Joshua 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Nelson

Anecdotes of the late Lord Viscount Nelson : including copious accounts of the three great victories obtained over the combined forces of France, Spain &c. off the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar ; to which is added the cermonial of his funeral. Collingwood, Adam 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:92Nelson(088.3)

East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India

Memoirs of the professional life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson ... with biographical particulars of contemporary naval officers White, Joshua 1806 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Nelson

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