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Les ports de France peints par Joseph Vernet et Hue ... Miger, Pierre Auguste Marie 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 914.4

An Essay on the preservation of shipwrecked persons, with a descriptive account of the apparatus, and the manner of applying it Manby, George William 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:627.777

The 100-gun ship Victory / John McKay. The Victory, a three-decker First Rate, was 40 years old by the time of Trafalgar and continued in active sevice until 1812. She is now preserved at the Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth. This book gives a history of the ship including, design, construction, repairs, refits, rebuilds and decoration. There are extensive 3-d drawings with in-depth keys of details of the ship as presently restored. A series of photos show close-up details and scenes on-board. The book jacket shows the Victory's Trafalgar colour scheme. This is a revised edition of the 1987 book and incorporates research and findings of the HMS Victory Advisory Technical Committee. The book jacket provides a 1/192 scale fold-out plan with keys to rigging drawings. This is a revised edition of the 1987 book. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Victory

Blow ye winds westerly : the seaports & sailing ships of old New England /by Elizabeth Gemming. Gemming, Elizabeth. 1971. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 917.4/03/3

The naval miscellany. edited by Brian Vale Vale, Brian 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

Wales and the British overseas empire : interactions and influences, 1650-1830 /edited by H.V.Bowen. Examines the many relationships between Wales and the expanding British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830, including economic, social, cultural, political, and religious interactions. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.9"16/18"

Small boats and daring men : maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy /Benjamin Armstrong. "Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were already engaged in similarly perilous missions: raiding pirate camps, attacking enemy ships in the dark of night, and striking enemy facilities and resources on shore. Even John Paul Jones, father of the American navy, saw such irregular operations as critical to naval warfare. With Jones's own experience as a starting point, Benjamin Armstrong sets out to take irregular naval warfare out of the shadow of the blue-water battles that dominate naval history. This book, the first historical study of its kind, makes a compelling case for raiding and irregular naval warfare as key elements in the story of American sea power. Beginning with the Continental Navy, Small Boats and Daring Men traces maritime missions through the wars of the early republic, from the coast of modern-day Libya to the rivers and inlets of the Chesapeake Bay. At the same time, Armstrong examines the era's conflicts with nonstate enemies and threats to American peacetime interests along Pacific and Caribbean shores. Armstrong brings a uniquely informed perspective to his subject; and his work-with reference to original naval operational reports, sailors' memoirs and diaries, and officers' correspondence-is at once an exciting narrative of danger and combat at sea and a thoroughgoing analysis of how these events fit into concepts of American sea power. Offering a critical new look at the naval history of the Early American era, this book also raises fundamental questions for naval strategy in the twenty-first century."--Provided by publisher. 2019 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(73)

Sir John Froissart's chronichles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, Flanders and the adjoining countries : translated from the original French at the command of King Henry the Eighth by John Bouchier, Lord Berners. 1812. • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 940"15"

Lives of the British admirals : containing also a new and accurate naval history from the earliest periods to the present time with the lives of the most eminent naval commanders Campbell, John 1812-1817 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.33(42):92

A history of the campaigns of the British forces in Spain and Portugal. 1812. • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available.

Tables Astronomiques publiees par le Bureau des Longitudes de France : Tables de la Lune /par M. Burckhardt Burckhardt, M 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 52:094

The complete weather guide : a collection of practical observations for prognosticating the weather, drawn from plants, animals, inanimate bodies, and also by means of philosophical instruments; including the Shepherd of Banbury's rules, explained on philosophical principles, with an appendix of miscellaneous observations on meteorology, a curious botanical clock, etc etc etc Taylor, Joseph 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut : the Civil War years /Chester G. Hearn. "No admiral in America's Civil War fought with more distinction than David Glasgow Farragut, the first admiral of the U.S. Navy [...] This book fully describes his lifelong involvement with Capt. David Porter, his foster father, and David Dixon Porter, his foster brother. Focusing primarily on the Civil War [...] the author uses [...] family correspondence to detail Farragut's relationships with the elder Porter, who signed up Farragut as a seagoing midshipman in the U.S. Navy at the age of nine, and with Porter's son, the only other full admiral to emerge from the Civil War. Under the senior Porter's tutelage, Farragut by the age of thirteen had participated in more action during the War of 1812 than many of the Navy's senior officers. [...] Farragut's legendary leadership is showcased in Hearn's thrilling description of the Battle of Mobile Bay. The author's detailed chronicle of Farragut's command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, crowned by the capture of New Orleans and Port Hudson, reestablishes Farragut's nearly forgotten legacy."--Provided by the publisher. 1998. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FARRAGUT

Disease in the merchant navy : a history of the Seaman's Hospital Society /Gordon C Cook. "In this unique, highly detailed examination, Gordon C Cook explores disease in the merchant navy through the history of the Seamen's Hospital Society. From its foundation in 1812, until the present day, the Seamen's Hospital Society has been responsible for the physical welfare of merchant seamen and has headed many remarkable advances in medical science. This handsome volume is ideal for all those with an interest in the Seamen's Hospital Society, medical and naval historians, and general readers with an interest in maritime and naval history."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 362.11:656.61

The description and use of the sliding gunter in navigation Mackay, Andrew 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:681.332.2

The fate of the corps : what became of the Lewis and Clark explorers after the expedition / Larry E. Morris This book is an overview of the lives of various members of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the western United States in the years after the completion of the expedition in 1806. The author focuses on key events in the life of certain central figures in the expedition. Famous figures such as Lewis, Clark, Sacagewea and York have specific chapters dedicated to their post-expedition life, whereas other, less well-known members such as John Collins, John Ordway and George Gibson share their chapters with other members of the expedition. There is also a chapter on the War of 1812 and the roles that members of the expedition played, as well as a complete list of expedition members and a detailed bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Also included is a detailed appendix section investigating two of the key historiographical debates surrounding these figures: the death of Sacagewea and the death or suicide of Meriwether Lewis. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(78/79)"1804/1806"

200 years of Clyde paddle steamers / Alistair Deayton & Iain Quinn. "In August 1812, two centuries ago, the River Clyde would see a transport revolution - one that would change the economy of the river for ever. A Helensburgh hotel owner began to operate Europe's first ever commercial steam ship from Glasgow to Greenock. No longer would ships be dependent on the tide or the wind. The Comet, as his ship was known, had been built by John Wood, of Port Glasgow, and was fitted with paddle wheels. Her first voyage from Glasgow to Greenock was made at about 5 mph against a headwind. Advertised to sail on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Glasgow, the Comet operated the first scheduled steamship service in Europe.It was the start of a revolution that would see the Clyde as the greatest shipbuilding river in the world, and the river's estuary as a haven for pleasure steamers and puffers calling at the remote loch-side piers and inlets. Companies such as David MacBrayne's and the Caledonian Steam Packet Co. would be formed to operate steamers far and wide, a legacy kept alive today by the Paddle Steamer Waverley. Alistair Deayton and Ian Quinn take us through the two centuries of Clyde paddle steamers, illustrating the most famous, such as the Columba, Jeanie Deans and Waverley, illustrating not just the ships themselves but the piers they sailed from, from Rothesay to Helensburgh and from Loch Goil to Loch Long."--From back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.21(414.1)

An elementary treatise on astronomy Woodhouse, Robert 1812-1818 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 52.09:094

Dizionario ragionato di giurisprudenza marittima e di commercio del sig ascanio baldasseroni. 1812 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available.

Seapower states : Maritime culture, continental empires and the conflict that made the modern world /Andrew Lambert "Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812--winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal--turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers--rather than seapowers--is essential to understanding current affairs, as well as the long-term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original "big think" analysis of five states whose success--and eventual failure--is a subject of enduring interest, by a scholar at the top of his game."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02

Bell's Comet : how a paddle steamer changed the course of history /P.J.G. Ransom. "The passenger steamer burst upon the early nineteenth century with all the suddenness and immediate widespread popularity of electronic communications in our own time. Leading the way was Henry Bell of Helensburgh. When he started to carry passengers down the Clyde in his little steamer Comet in 1812, he established the first viable steamer service in the Old World. And steamers were the first mechanized passenger transport: no longer were travelers dependent upon the muscles of people and animals or the fickle effects of winds, tides and currents.Many had attempted to build and operate steamers, but few had been successful- and they were far away in North America. However once Bell had shown the way, others rushed to follow. All this is covered in P. J. G. Ransom's new study of Bell and the Comet and their place in history, written to mark the Comet bicentenary in 2012. The author also shows that the direct influence of Bell extended more widely than has been generally supposed: as well as starting steamer services on the Firth of Clyde, he was instrumental in establishing them on the Firth of Forth, the west coast of Scotland, and along the Caledonian Canal as soon as it opened. Thomas Telford, engineer of the canal, which was the greatest engineering work of the age, referred to him as 'the ingenious and enterprising Mr. Henry Bell'"--From back cover. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.21

Jack Tar in history : essays in the history of maritime life and labour /edited by Colin Howell and Richard J. Twomey. 1991. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.5/09

Master and madman : the surprising rise and disastrous fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN /by Peter Thomas & Nicholas Tracy. "Anthony Lockwood s story is at the heart of the Georgian Navy though the man himself has never taken centre stage in its history. His naval career described by himself as twenty five years incessant peregrination followed a somewhat erratic course but almost exactly spanned the period of the French wars and the War of 1812. Lockwood was commended for bravery in action against the French; was present at the Spithead Mutiny; shipwrecked and imprisoned in France; appointed master attendant of the naval yard at Bridgetown, Barbados, during the year the slave trade was abolished; and served as an hydrographer before beginning his three-year marine survey of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. Against the odds he managed to finesse a treasury appointment as Surveyor General of New Brunswick and became the right hand man of the Governor, General Smyth. Deeply ingrained in his character, however, was a democratic determination that was out of step with the authoritarian character of the Navy and the aristocratic one of New Brunswick. His expectation of social justice verged on madness, and when he finally succumbed to lunacy it was in the defence of democracy. The turbulence of the times inspired Lockwood to stage a one-man coup d etat which ended with him being jailed and shipped back to London to live out his days as a pensioner and mental patient. Truly a dramatic rise and a tragic fall." 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92LOCKWOOD

Frigate commander / by Tom Wareham. Based on the previously unpublished private journal of Admiral Sir Graham Moore (1764-1843), this work primarily focuses on Moore's career as a frigate commander beginning with his service in the Perseus, Dido and Adamant. Commanding first the Orestes and the sloop Bonetta in 1790, Moore was promoted to post captain in 1794 with command of the Syren, his first frigate command. His later commands included the larger frigates Melampus and Indefatigable which he commanded until 1805 when ill-health forced him to relinquish the command and ended Moore's career as a frigate commander. However, his naval career continued with commands of the Marlborough and Chatham. Moore was promoted first to the rank of rear admiral and commander-in-chief in the Baltic in 1812, and then in 1819 to vice admiral when he was given command of the Mediterranean station. Moore was promoted in 1837 to full admiral and commander-in-chief Plymouth, but his health continued to deteriorate and he died in 1843. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92MOORE, GRAHAM

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