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Catalogue de 501 âetoiles : suivi des tables relatives d'aberration et de nutation /par Antoine Cagnoli Cagnoli, Antonio, 1807. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 524.3(083.8):094
Moral maxims, from the wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus / selected by A Lady. Lady, A 1807. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
The voyages of Captain James Cook round the world : with an account of his unfortunate death at Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands Cook, James 1807? • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(93/96)"1768/1780"
Discourses, moral and religious, adapted to a naval audience : preached on board His Majesty's ship the Tremendous, John Osborn, Esq, Commander, during the years 1802, 1803, and 1804 Baynes, Robert 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:241
Atlas du voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteaux ... commandant les fregates la Recherche et l'Esperance ... en 1791, 1792 et 1793 Beautemps-Beauprâe, Charles Franðcois, 1807 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(26:93/96)"17"
The observations of Sir Richard Hawkins Hawkins, Richard, Sir 1933 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.123Dainty
Captain Foote's vindication of his conduct when captain of His Majesty's ship Sea-horse and senior officer in the Bay of Naples, in the summer of 1799 Foote, James 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1799"(457.2)(093.32)
The oriental voyager : or, descriptive sketches and cursory remarks on a voyage to India and China in His Majesty's Ship Caroline performed in the years 1803-4-5-6 ... Johnson, J 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(51:54)"1803/1806"
The discovery of Jeanne Baret : a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe /Glynis Ridley. "The year was 1765. King Louis XV had ordered the first French expedition around the world. appointing eminent botanist Philibert Commerson to seek out medicines, spices, and other resources that could give the French an edge in the ever-accelerating race for empire. Desperate not to be left behind, twenty-six-year-old Jeanne Baret - Commerson's peasant-born mistress, and a deeply knowledgeable plantswoman in her own right - disguised herself as a teenage boy and signed on as his assistant. As the ship stopped at strange new lands, the secret lvoers disembarked to collect and classify plants unknown to Western science, including the showy vine bougainvillea. But it wasn't long before the crew members on the cramped ship began to suspect her true identity. With this incredible true tale of intrigue on the high seas, Glynis Ridley offers a forgotten heroine the chance to bloom at long last."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4092
Modern geography : a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies; with the oceans, seas, and isles; in all parts of the world : including the most recent discoveries, and political alterations Pinkerton, John 1807 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:913(100)
Mutiny and aftermath : James Morrison's account of the mutiny on the Bounty and the island of Tahiti /edited by Vanessa Smith and Nicholas Thomas ; with the assistance of Maia Nuku. "The mutiny on the Bounty was one of the most controversial events of eighteenth-century maritime history. This book publishes a full and absorbing narrative of the events by one of the participants, the boatswain's mate James Morrison, who tells the story of the mounting tensions over the course of the voyage out to Tahiti, the fascinating encounter with Polynesian culture there, and the shocking drama of the event itself. In the aftermath, Morrison was among those who tried to make a new life on Tahiti. In doing so, he gained a deeper understanding of Polynesian culture than any European who went on to write about the people of the island and their way of life before it was changed forever by Christianity and colonial contact. Morrison was not a professional scientist but a keen observer with a lively sympathy for Islanders. This is the most insightful and wide-ranging of early European accounts of Tahitian life. Mutiny and Aftermath is the first scholarly edition of this classic of Pacific history and anthropology. It is based directly on a close study of Morrison's original manuscript, one of the treasures of the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australia. The editors assess and explain Morrison's observations of Islander culture and social relations, both on Tubuai in the Austral Islands and on Tahiti itself. The book fully identifies the Tahitian people and places that Morrison refers to and makes this remarkable text accessible for the first time to all those interested in an extraordinary chapter of early Pacific history."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(962.1)
Britain against Napoleon : the organisation of victory, 1793-1815 /by Roger Knight. "For more than twenty years after 1793, the French army was supreme in continental Europe. Only at sea was British power dominant, though even with this crucial advantage the British population lived under fear of a French invasion for much of those two decades. How was it that despite multiple changes of government and the assassination of a Prime Minister, Britain survived and eventually won a generation-long war against a regime which at its peak in 1807 commanded many times the resources and manpower? There have been innumerable books about the battles, armies and navies of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. This book looks beyond the familiar exploits (and bravery) of the army and navy to the politicians and civil servants, and examines how they made it possible to continue the war at all. It shows the degree to which, because of the magnitude and intensity of hostilities, the capacities of the whole British population were involved: industrialists, farmers, shipbuilders, cannon founders, gunsmiths and gunpowder manufacturers all had continually to increase quality and output as the demands of the war remorselessly grew. The intelligence war was also central: Knight shows that despite a poor beginning to both gathering and assessment, Whitehall's methods steadily improved.No participants were more important, he argues, than the bankers and international traders of the City of London, who played a critical role in financing the wars and without whom the armies of Britain's allies could not have taken the field. Knight demonstrates that despite these extraordinary efforts, between 1807 and 1812 Britain came very close to losing the war against Napoleon - not through invasion (though the danger until 1811 was very real) but through financial and political exhaustion. The Duke of Wellington famously said that the battle which finally defeated Napoleon was 'the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life': this book shows how true that was for the Napoleonic War as a whole."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)
'I am determined to live or die on board my ship.' : the life of Admiral John Inglis : an American in the Georgian Navy /Jim Tildesley. "The life of John Inglis was so epic, it could have been a work of fiction. he was born in Philadelphia, the son of a slave trading merchant. As an underage Lieutenant commanding a schooner hunting smugglers before the Boston Tea Party, he also dined with George Washington before the War of Independence. having settled in Scotland and inheriting his uncle's Edinburgh estate, he returned to the Navy. Shipwrecked in Norway, he became embroiled in a secret service attempt to persuade Dutch naval commanders to desert. His vessel was invovle din the Nore Mutiny and astoundingly, he was held prisonder on his own ship. Honoured by the City of Edinburgh he returned to the navy for another year before giving up his command and being given the rank of Admiral in retirement. The naval career of John Inglis is not just an incredible story but one that enables a close view of life in the eighteenth-century navy. 'I am determined to live or die on board my ship' covers his action-packed naval career starting as a midshipman in command of the guns of a frigate in action against the French, and ending as the severely wounded captain of a warship in a closely fought victory against the Dutch."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0092
A short history of slavery / James Walvin. Published for the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1807, this title selects the historical texts that recreate the mindset which made such a savage institution possible - morally acceptable even. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1
A course of lectures on natural philosophy and the mechanical arts Young, Thomas 1807 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 5.093:094
Steamboat evolution : a short history /B.E.G. Clark. A short introductory history of the origins of powered vessels in America, the UK and France from early thoughts to the successes of Fulton in 1807 and Bell in 1812. It covers the boats, machinery, propulsive methods used, people and places involved. The text with illustrations and appendices of source material provide a sound basis for further study of any single aspect of the subject area. 2006]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.2"18"
Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn F. von Zach, Herzoglichen Sachsen-Gothaischen Oberhosmister Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1807":094
The trial of Richard Curling, Thomas Moss, John Forwood, John Sanders, and Thomas Read, boatmen of Ramsgate, for felony and piracy, in stealing 65 fathoms of cable, and part of an anchor, belonging to the brig Traveller, of Lynn ... at the Admiralty Sessions ... London, on Friday, the 11th of July, 1806 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Traveller:094
The British neptune : or a history of the achievements of the Royal Navy from the earliest periods to the present time Burney, William, 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.49(42)
Dizionario Italiano ed Inglese : a dictionary Italian and English ... Altieri, F 1726-1727 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:030.8Italian
Power over peoples : technology, environments, and Western imperialism, 1400 to the present /Daniel R. Headrick. Headrick, Daniel R. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.46:62"14/20"
An account of some experiments made on three chronometers in order to ascertain how far motion such as proceeding from land carriage, crossing and recrossing the surf, etc. does affect their rate of going. [Handwritten letter from the author enclosed] Warren, John, Captain 1807 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:681.113.92
Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn F. von Zach, Herzoglichen Sachsen-Gothaischen Oberhosmister Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1807":094
A treatise of mechanics, theoretical, practical, and descriptive Gregory, Olinthus 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 531:094