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or the wooden walls well manned : comprehending a view of naval society and manners / [Davis, John]. 1813 Davis, John 1813 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124

Southey's 'Nelson' : bibliography of the 1813 - 1857 English editions of Robert's Southey's Life of Nelson "Robert Southey had been living in his Cumberland home of Greta Hall for seven years by the time he received an inivitation from the editor of the Quarterly Review, William Gifford, to write an assessment of the principal biographies of Lord Nelson published since the Admiral's heroic death at Trafalgar in 1805. [...] Southey's 'Nelson' follows the fortunes of the Poet Laureate's Life of Nelson from 1813 to 1857 during which twenty-four books are examined in detail. Along the way we discover, for example, that some of these publications are not editions at all, but disguised remainders. We learn of the agreement reached between John Murray and Thomas Tegg and how that agreement was breached. We discover the tenuous relationships that existed between John Murray and his printers; how the latter were forever treading on eggshells in order to maintain their business ties with the most successful London bookseller of the early nineteenth century."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Journal of a voyage on the north west coast of North America during the years 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814 Franchere, Gabriel 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(71)"1811/1814"

A voyage round Great Britain : undertaken in the summer of the year 1813 and commencing from the Land's Daniell, William, 1814-1826 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:914.2(210.5)"18"

War in the Chesapeake : the British campaigns to control the Bay, 1813-14 /Charles Patrick Neimeyer. "In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of governance and the rights of individual states. The United States' relationship with their former colonial power was also uncertain. Britain impressed American sailors and supported Native Americans' actions in the northwest and on the Canadian border. In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to go to war against Britain. In the early nineteenth century, the United States of America was far from united. The United States faced internal strife over the extent of governance and the rights of individual states. The United States' relationship with their former colonial power was also uncertain. Britain impressed American sailors and supported Native Americans' actions in the northwest and on the Canadian border. In the summer of 1812, President James Madison chose to go to war against Britain. War in the Chesapeake illustrates the causes for the War of 1812, the political impacts of the war on America, and the war effort in the Chesapeake Bay."--Provided by the publisher. 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1813/1814"(42:73)

A history of the war between Great Britain and the United States of America during the years 1812, 1813 Auchinleck, G 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1814"(42:73)

A voyage in the South Seas in the years 1812, 1813 and 1814 with particular details of the Gallipagos Porter, David 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(265/266)"1812/1814"

Index to parish register entries concerning coast guards and their associates in the Eastbourne area c 1813 Milton, F R 1989 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 92:627.77(422.5)

The arctic Whaling Journals of William Scorseby the Younger: Volume 1 The voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813 "William Scoresby (1789-1857) made his first voyage in the whaler Resolution from Whitby to the Greenland Sea, west of Spitsbergen in 1800. Three years later he was formally apprenticed to his father and another three years saw him promoted to chief officer. On his 21st birthday 'the earliest at which, by reason of age, I could legally hold a command' his father moved to Greenock and another ship, relinquishing the Resolution to his son".--Provided by the publisher. The introduction to this book gives extensive background to Scoresby's family, the whaling process and the development of scientific information relating to the arctic region. The journals of the three voyages follow, with maps of the journeys and illustrations. 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1

Military power and the Dutch Republic : war, trade and the balance of power in Europe, 1648-1813 /Marc "In 1667, the year of the Raid on the Medway, the Dutch Republic was at the pinnacle of its might and fame. A century and a half later little of this glory remained and Napoleon wiped the country off the political map. This book provides a military explanation for the 'miracle' of the seventeenth century and the demise that ensued. How were the army and navy in the Dutch Republic organised and financed? What tactics were employed and how did military leaders operate? Where did the Republic's troops come from and how was society involved? How did the tens of thousands of anonymous sailors and soldiers live, and how were they regarded by civilians?"-- [2021] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.00949209/03

a poem upon the capture of the American frigate Chesapeake by the British frigate Shannon, June 1st 1813 Montagu, M 1814 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Blyth

de Padron, Deputy to the Cortes, from the Canary Islands : spoken in the sitting of January 18th, 1813 1813. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 344.4"1813"

the Franklin Monument and Re-Interment of the remains of Lieutenant Henry Thomas Dundas le Vesconte (1813 Old Royal Naval College Greenwich [2009?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1847":27-532.2

Hunting the Essex : a journal of the voyage of HMS Phoebe 1813-1814 by Midshipman Allen Gardiner /ed. "In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of 1812 began with disasters in its invasion of Canada, but against all expectations the infant US Navy had scored significant victories at sea. The most strategically significant of these was the campaign by the frigate USS Essex, which had almost annihilated the lucrative British whaling trade in the south Pacific. Therefore, Phoebe was diverted to hunt down and destroy this highly successful commerce-raider. After an epic search, Phoebe tracked her prey to neutral Valparaiso where the American frigate was blockaded and,in a very bloody battle, eventually captured. The American captain, David Porter, published a self-serving account of his actions which ever since has mired the battle in controversy, so this British naval eyewitness account is an important counter-balance. It is one of the lesser-known campaigns of a war which is currently celebrating its bicentenary, but its inherent drama inspired the plot of Patrick O'Brian's novel The Far Side of the World, although in its movie adaptation Master & Commander the American frigate is transformed into a French privateer."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92GARDINER

. : Ex observationibus habitis in specula Panormitana ab anno 1792 ad annum 1813 /Joseph Piazzi Piazzi, Giuseppe 1814 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 52-17:094

The campaign of Paris in 1814 : in which is prefixed a sketch of the campaign of 1813 : or, a brief and Giraud, P F J 1815 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.48"1814"(42:44)

Lion in the Bay : the British invasion of the Chesapeake, 1813-14 /Stanley L. Quick with Chipp Reid. "The story of Fort McHenry's defense during the War of 1812 is well known, but Lion in the Bay is an intimate look at the events leading up to the battle that inspired our national anthem. As the War of 1812 raged on the high seas and along the Canadian border, the British decided to strike at the heart of the United States, the relatively undefended area of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake was a fertile farm region, a place of renowned shipbuilding, and an area politically divided over the war. Plus, if the British succeeded in taking the bay, the nation's capital was not far away. Admiral George Cockburn led the British into the bay following a failed attempt to take Norfolk, Virginia. Originally intended to relieve pressure on other fronts, the Chesapeake theater became a British campaign of retribution for the burning of York (present day Toronto) by the Americans in 1812. As a result, the Chesapeake region, once an economic engine for America, was transformed into a region of terrorized citizens, destroyed farms, and fears of slave insurrection. In August 1814, President James Madison refused to bolster the defenses on the waterway that led to Washington, and the British took advantage. Cockburn again led a naval force into the bay, this time running into opposition from Commo. Joshua Barney and his Chesapeake Bay Flotilla. Barney put up a heroic, though doomed fight before the British sailed up the Patuxent River and landed at Benedict, Maryland, where over 4,000 troops disembarked to begin their advance toward Washington, D.C. After defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, the British moved into Washington, burning the city, before returning to their boats and setting out for Baltimore. There, the British armada encountered a stalwart group of American defenders at Fort McHenry. Despite a massive bombardment, Baltimore's defenses held, forcing the British to abandon their campaign to close the Chesapeake. More than just an in-depth look at one front of the War of 1812, Lion in the Bay is a story of resilience and triumph in the wake of catastrophe."--Provided by the publisher. 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1813/1814"(42:73)

Knights of the sea : the true story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812 /David Hanna. On a September day in 1813, as the Age of Fighting Sail was coming to an end, two maritime warriors faced each other in the waters off Pemaquid Point, Maine. Samuel Blyth was the youthful commander of His Britannic Majesty's brig Boxer, and William Burrows, younger still, commanded the USS Enterprise. Both men valued honor over life and death, and on this day their commitment would be put to the ultimate test. The battle lasted less than an hour, and its outcome was uncertain, but when the cannon smoke cleared, the U.S. Navy's position in the war had changed. Historian David Hanna brings to life a lost era--a time when sailing vessels exchanged broadsides and naval officers considered it the highest honor to harness the wind to meet their foes.--From publisher description. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

John Rae, Arctic explorer : the unfinished autobiography /edited and with an introduction by William Barr. "John Rae is best known today as the first European to reveal the fate of the Franklin Expedition, yet the range of Rae's accomplishments is much greater. Over five expeditions, Rae mapped some 1,550 miles (1,850 kilometres) of Arctic coastline; he is undoubtedly one of the Arctic's greatest explorers, yet today his significance is all but lost. John Rae, Arctic Explorer is an annotated version of Rae's unfinished autobiography. William Barr has extended Rae's previously unpublished manuscript and completed his story based on Rae's reports and correspondence--including reaction to his revelations about the Franklin Expedition. Barr's meticulously researched, long overdue presentation of Rae's life and legacy is an immensely valuable addition to the literature of Arctic exploration."-- [2018] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 917.1904/1092

Lettres inâedites de Joseph Louis Lagrange a Lâeonard Euler : Tirâees des Archives de la Salle des Confâerences de l'Acadâemie Impâeriale des Sciences de Saint-Pâetersbourg /et publiâees par B. Boncompagni, Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1877 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

American Bureau of Shipping 125th anniversary 1862-1987 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12:061.238(73)

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

Fatal passage : the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot /Ken McGoogan. A biography of John Rae (1813-1893). Born in Orkney, Rae qualified as a surgeon working for the Hudson's Bay Company in Ontario, Canada. He developed a reputation for stamina and his use of snowshoes, learning to live off the land while travelling long distances, adopting and learning the ways of indigenous Arctic peoples. Rae went on to explore the Gulf of Boothia and made three voyages along the Arctic coastline from 1848?1851. In 1854, back in the Gulf of Boothia, he obtained credible information from local Inuit peoples about the fate of the Franklin Expedition which had disappeared in 1848. His report to the Admiralty included evidence that cannibalism had been a last resort for some of the survivors. Franklin's widow Lady Jane Franklin was outraged and recruited many important supporters, including Charles Dickens, to condemn Rae for daring to suggest Royal Navy sailors would have resorted to cannibalism. Rae's reputation was ruined and although he had discovered the final link in the North-West passage, he was shunned by the establishment at the time and his achievements never recognised. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92RAE

Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written by herself /Harriet A. Jacobs ; edited by L. Maria Child. With 'A true tale of slavery' / by John S. Jacobs ; edited and with an introduction by Jean Fagan Yellin "This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John S. Jacobs's short slave narrative, 'A True Tale of Slavery', published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs's autobiography. It is an exciting addition to this now classic work, as John Jacobs presents further historical information about family life so well described already by his sister. Once more, Jean Fagan Yellin, who discovered this long-lost document, supplies annotation and authentication. This is the standard edition of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, reissued here in the John Harvard Library and updated with a new bibliography."--Provided by the publisher. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.7/115092

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