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Royal Observatory Greenwich : souvenir guide. Louise Devoy 2019 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 520.1(421.6)

Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn F. von Zach, Herzoglichen Sachsen-Gothaischen Oberhosmister Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1809":094

Memorias sobre las observaciones astronomicas hechas por los navegantes espanoles en distintos lugares del globo Espinosa y Tello, Josef 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 527.093T:094

The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, KB Clarke, James Stanier, 1809 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 92Nelson

Navies of the Napoleonic era / Otto von Pivka. Pivka, Otto von, 1980. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1792/1815"

The system of the world Laplace, P S 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52.092:094

Sexual and gender difference in the British Navy, 1690-1900 / edited by Seth Stein LeJacq. "This volume is a collection of a variety of important records that will give readers insight into key themes into the history of what its criminal code called "the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery"- sex between males - in the Royal Navy."--Provided by publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.1094209033

Cours de mathematiques : a l'usage de la marine et de l'artillerie /par Bezout Bezout, Etienne 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

The bye-laws and regulations of the Marine Society ... with the several instructions, forms of indentures and other instruments used by it Marine Society (London, England) 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:061.236.2Marine

The globe : journal of the Australian Map Circle Inc, number 54, 2003 2003 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Wellington's navy : sea power and the Peninsular War, 1807-1814 /Christopher D. Hall. Hall, Christopher D.-(Christopher David), 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1807/1814"(42)

British piracy in the golden age : history and interpretation, 1660-1730. Volume 4 /Editor Joel H. Baer. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Cosmographers and pilots of the Spanish maritime empire / Ursula Lamb. Lamb, Ursula. 1995. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

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

Bell Rock lighthouse : an illustrated history /Michael A. W. Strachan "Since its completion in 1811, the Bell Rock Lighthouse has been revered as an industrial wonder of the world. The iconic tower was built on the Inchcape Rock, a submerged reef some 12 miles off the coast of Arbroath, and now stands as the oldest sea-washed tower in the world, surviving over 200 years of violent storms and crashing waves. The construction of the Bell Rock made the name of the Stevenson family, a dynasty of lighthouse engineers who dominated Scottish lighthouse engineering for 150 years. Robert Stevenson was the first man on the reef and the last man off, a personal commitment which saw the Bell Rock's actual Chief Engineer, John Rennie, almost deleted from the building's history. The Bell Rock is, however, more than just Stevenson and Rennie. Not only was it a remarkable feat of engineering, but one which played host to a remarkable way of life. The light-keepers undertook nightly vigils on the rock for 177 years, their often mundane and monotonous duties occasionally being punctuated by technological improvements and world events. The keepers are now all gone but the Bell Rock continues to show its familiar flash for the safety of all."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.715(413.1)

Hakluyt's collection of the early voyages, travels, and discoveries, of the English nation Hakluyt, Richard 1809-1812 • RARE-FOLIO • 5 copies available. 910.4:094

Escape from the French : a young Royal Navy midshipman's adventures during the napoleonic war /Edward Boys. "This is an essential first hand account of the war the Royal Navy fought against Napoleon Bonaparte's France. Truth is said to be often stranger than fiction and this tale of battle, capture and escape could have come directly from the pen of C. S Forrester or one of the other famous authors of life before the mast in the early nineteenth century. While sailing on the frigate Phoebe, Boys was present when she took two ships of the enemy fleet. Boys was subsequently put aboard one as prize-master. His elation was short lived as their little convoy was soon surprised by four French frigates and Boys and his scratch crew taken prisoner. Incarceration within a daunting fortress in France followed but still Boys and his companions planned and effected an audacious escape from their formidable prison that was but the prelude to a flight through enemy held territory in the hope of crossing the Channel to England and liberty."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BOYS

Geographie de Strabon : traduite du Grec en Francais [par La Porte du Theil, Coray et Letronne, avec des notes de Gossellin]. Strabo 1809-1819 • RARE-FOLIO • 4 copies available. 094:913.8

The Mariners' Marvellous Magazine : or wonders of the ocean : containing the most remarkable adventures and relations of mariners in various parts of the globe Tegg, Thomas (comp) 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:656.61.085.3

Sea soldier : an officer of marines with Duncan, Nelson, Collingwood and Cockburn /by Anne Petrides and Jonathan Downs Wybourn, T. Marmaduke, Major 2000 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Wybourn

Biographical tribute to the memory of Trim, Isle of France Dec. 1809 Trim was the ship's cat who accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia from 1801 to 1803. Trim, The Cartographer's Cat is a charming ode to the much-loved pet, which will warm the heart of any cat lover. The first part of the book reproduces Flinders' own whimsical tribute to Trim, written while in captivity in the early 1800s, with added "friendly footnotes" to provide some background to Flinders' numerous literary allusions and nautical terms. Next the book discusses where Flinders was when he wrote his tribute and why, and what his letters and journals from that time tell us about his "sporting, affectionate and useful companion." Finally, we learn what Trim's views on all of this might have been, in a fun and fanciful observation on his premature epitaph. Accompanying this jam-packed fascinating text are beautiful maps, historical photographs, quirky original illustrations by illustrator Ad Long and excerpts from Flinders' original script, showing his beautiful handwriting. This book will make a unique and treasured gift for Flinders fans and cat lovers around the world. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.4042092

The Harleian miscellany : a collection of scarce, curious and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print. Harley, Edward 1809-1813 • RARE-FOLIO • 5 copies available. 088

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)

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