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Virginia in the War of 1812 / Christopher M. Bonin. "Virginia saw significant action during the War of 1812, from the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair to the defense of Norfolk against British invaders. A largely forgotten conflict, the war played an important role in the history of the United States. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, the author provides an in-depth portrait of the "Old Dominion" at war"-- [2018] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.5/23

Humanitarian governance and the British antislavery world system / Maeve Ryan. "Between 1808 and 1867, the British Navy's Atlantic squadrons seized nearly two thousand slave ships, 're-capturing' almost two hundred thousand enslaved people and resettling them as liberated Africans across sites from Sierra Leone and Cape Colony to the West Indies, Brazil, Cuba, and beyond. In this wide-ranging study, Maeve Ryan explores the set of imperial experiments that took shape as British authorities sought to order and instrumentalise the liberated Africans, and examines the dual discourses of compassion and control that evolved around a people expected to repay the debt of their salvation. Ryan traces the ideas that shaped 'disposal' policies towards liberated Africans, and the forms of resistance and accommodation that characterized their responses. This book demonstrates the impact of interventionist experiments on the lives of the liberated people, on the evolution of a British antislavery 'world system', and on the emergence of modern understandings of refuge, asylum, and humanitarian governance."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/620941

The means of finding the longitude at sea, gradually developed, discovered, and demonstrated in four astronomical, geographical, nautical, historical, mathematical, and mechanical dissertations Grant, Charles 1808 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:528.282

An appeal to the public: stating Mr Thomas Earnshaw's claim to the original invention of the improvements in his timekeepers, their superior going in numerous voyages ... and his consequent right to national reward / [by Thomas Earnshaw]. Earnshaw, Thomas, 1808. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:528.282

The post-captain, or, The wooden walls well manned : comprehending a view of naval society and manners /by the author of 'Edward, ' 'A view of society in France, ' &c. Davis, John, 1808. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3

Traite d'optique, par Lacaille : revu, corrigâe et augmentâe particuliáerement de la mesure de la râefraction, de son explication physique, de la marche des images dans les instrumens d'optique, des lunettes achromatiques, de l'iris, et de quelques probláemes intâeressans /par plusieurs âeláeves de de l'Ecole polytechnique La Caille, Nicolas Louis de, 1808. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 535:094

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

Alexander von Humboldt : Eine wissenschaftliche biographie /im verein mit R. Avâe-Lallemant, J.V. Carus, A. Dove, H. W. Dove, J. W. Ewald, A. H. R. Grisebach, J. Lowenberg, O. Peschel, G. H. Wiedmann, W. Wundt bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Karl Bruhns, Professor und Director der sternwarte in Leipzig Bruhns, C 1872. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HUMBOLDT:094

Oeuvres d'Archimáede / traduites littâeralement, avec un commentaire, par F. Peyrard ; suivies d'un mâemoire du traducteur sur un nouveau miroir ardent, et d'un autre mâemoire de M. Delambre, sur l'arithmâetique des Grecs. Archimedes 1808 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 51(038):094

War, empire and slavery, 1770-1830 / edited by Richard Bessel, Nicholas Guyatt and Jane Rendall. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.01:326(4-44)"1770/1830"

Regulations and instructions relating to His Majesty's service at sea / established by His Majesty in council. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1808. • RARE-FOLIO • 4 copies available. 094:355.51(42)"1808"

Naval power and expeditionary warfare : peripheral campaigns and new theatres of naval warfare /edited by Bruce A. Elleman and S.C.M. Paine. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.462

Minutes of a court martial holden on board HMS Gladiator in Portsmouth Harbour, on Wednesday the 26th day of July 1809 and continued by adjournment till Friday the 4th day of August, on the trial of the Right Honourable James Lord Gambier ... Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial, Gambier : 1809 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:344.4"1809"Gambier

Bibliotheque universelle des voyages ... Boucher de la Richarderie, Gilles 1808 • RARE-BOOK • 6 copies available. 910.4:016

Seapower, technology and trade : studies in Turkish maritime history /editors: Dejanirah Couto, Feza Gunergun, Maria Pia Pedani. "The present volume seeks primarily to present a heterogeneous and extensive assessment of the state-of-the art in international maritime history, perceived from various points of view, giving priority to the analysis and interpretation of new archival documentation that was previously unknown, or little explored. The aim of this publication is thus to add, as much as possible, to the general body of knowledge in global maritime history, and to contribute to a substantial reflection on Turkish maritime history. A collection of fifty-seven articles offers various written and iconographic sources, with explanatory texts, both of European and non-European origin, with a natural accent in micro-history studies. The chronological approach that was followed was rather broad, affording some emphasis on the lower medieval period, and the early modern and contemporary era. Complementary studies explore earlier periods where the foundations of seapower, supported by advances in technology and gains in trade, were laid for history in the making."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49(560)

The young sea officer's sheet anchor : or, a key to the leading of rigging and to practical seamanship Lever, Darcy 1808 • RARE-BOOK • 5 copies available. 629.12.015.64:094

HMS Pickle : the swiftest ship in Nelson's Trafalgar fleet /Peter Hore ; foreword by Andrew Lambert. "The smallest ship in Nelson's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar was the curiously-named HMS Pickle. The ship was a topsail schooner and, though deemed too small to take park in the fighting it distinguished itself as the ship to bring Captain John Lapenotiere with the news of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar and his death. The schooner set off on October 26th and took 9 days to reach Britain after facing a gale off Cape Finisterre. After the Pickle anchored in Flamouth Bay on November 4th Lapenotiere started his journey to London (a trip that usually took a week was covered in 37 hours with 19 horse changes). [Author] Peter Hore describes the ship's beginnings as a civilian vessel called Sting, through conversion with 10 guns and its role with Admiral Cornwall's Inshore Squadron for French reconnaissance in 1803. HMS Pickle was also involved in the rescue for the crew of HMS Magnificent in 1804 and further reconnaissance missions. This full history details other colourful episodes including a single-ship action against the French privateer Favorite in 1807. Pickle was wrecked in July 1808 when she was grounded as she entered Cadiz harbour but without loss of life. The Pickle's journey is commemorated by Royal Navy Warrant Officers on November 5th."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.826PICKLE

War, empire and slavery, 1770-1830 / edited by Richard Bessel, Nicholas Guyatt and Jane Rendall. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.01:326(4-44)"1770/1830"

Free slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean civil war / Joseph Kaifala. "This book is a historical narrative covering various periods in Sierra Leone's history from the fifteenth century to the end of its civil war in 2002. It entails the history of Sierra Leone from its days as a slave harbor through to its founding as a home for free slaves, and toward its political independence and civil war. In 1462, the country was discovered by a Portuguese explorer, Pedro de Sintra, who named it Serra Lyoa (Lion Mountains). Sierra Leone later became a lucrative hub for the Transatlantic Slave Trade. At the end of slavery in England, Freetown was selected as a home for the Black Poor, free slaves in England after the Somerset ruling. The Black Poor were joined by the Nova Scotians, American slaves who supported or fought with the British during the American Revolution. The Maroons, rebellious slaves from Jamaica, arrived in 1800. The Recaptives, freed in enforcement of British antislavery laws, were also taken to Freetown. Freetown became a British colony in 1808 and Sierra Leone obtained political independence from Britain in 1961. The development of the country was derailed by the death of its first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, and thirty years after independence the country collapsed into a brutal civil war."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 966.4

The British slave trade : abolition, parliament and people : including the illustrated catalogue of the parliamentary exhibition in Westminster Hall, 23 May - 23 September 2007 /edited by Stephen Farrell, Melanie Unwin and James Walvin. c2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8

The British Navy in the Baltic / John D. Grainger. "This book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. It traces developments from Anglo-Saxon times, through the medieval period when there were frequent disputes between English kings and the Hanseatic League, the seventeenth-century wars with the Dutch, and Britain's involvement in the Northern Wars in the early years of the eighteenth century. It considers in detail the major period of British involvement in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British navy fought the Danes, Napoleon's allies, and was highly effective in ensuring Sweden's neutrality and Russia's change of allegiance. It goes on to discuss British naval actions in the Baltic during the Crimean War and in the First World War and its aftermath. Throughout, the book relates naval actions to patterns of trade, to wider international politics, and to geographical factors such as winter sea ice and the shallow nature of the Baltic Sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"800/1950"(42)

The role of naval bases in maritime operations in the Mediterranean during the eighteenth century, and Dockyards and naval bases in North America, the Atlantic and the Caribbean : Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society Volume 15 September 2021; Conferences held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich 24 March 2018 and 30 March 2019. The Naval Dockyards Society. 2021. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

The later correspondence of George III George [III,]-III,-King of Great Britain, 1966-1970 • BOOK • 5 copies available. 92George III(044)

Slavery hinterland : transatlantic slavery and continental Europe, 1680-1850 /edited by Felix Brahm and Eve Rosenhaft. ''Slavery Hinterland explores a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterland. It focuses on historical actors in territories that were not directly involved in the traffic in Africans but linked in various ways with the transatlantic slave business, the plantation economics that it fed and the consequences of its abolition. The volume unearths material entanglements of the Continental and Atlantic economies and also proposes a new agenda for the historical study of the relationship between business and morality. Contributors from the US, Britain and continental Europe examine the ways in which the slave economy touched on individual lives and economic developments in German-speaking Europe, Switzerland, Denmark and Italy. They reveal how these 'hinterlands' served as suppliers of investment, labour and trade goods for the slave trade and of materials for the plantation economies, and how involvement in trade networks contributed in turn to key economic developments in the 'hinterlands'. The chapters range in time from the first, short-lived attempt at establishing a German slave-trading operation in the 1680s to the involvement of textile manufacturers in transatlantic trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. A key theme of the volume is the question of conscience, or awareness of being morally implicated in an immoral enterprise. Evidence for subjective understandings of the moral challenge of slavery is found in individual actions and statements and also in post-abolition colonisation and missionary projects.''--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/62094

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