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Oriental commerce : containing a geographical description of the principal places in the East Indies, China, and Japan, with their produce, manufactures, and trade ; also the rise and progress of the trade of the various European nations with the eastern world, particularly that of the English East India Company /by William Milburn. Milburn, William 1813. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.71(4:5)"18"

Investigatio nova orbitae a mercurio circa solem descriptae... De Lindenau, Bernhardo 1813 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 52-17:094

The description and use of the sector, crosse-staffe, and other instruments with a canon of artificiall sines and tangents ... and the use thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification etc Gunter, Edmund 1636 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:520.259

Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn F. von Zach, Herzoglichen Sachsen-Gothaischen Oberhosmister Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1813 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1813":094

Papers respecting the negotiation with His Majesty's ministers for a renewal of the East-India Company's exclusive prvileges for a further term after the 1st of March 1814 : together with a copy of the Bill as passed ... for continuing in the East-India Company, for a further term, the possession of the British territories in India ... East India Company. Court of Directors 1813 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:347.71East India(093.2)

The laying of a bibliographical ghost : the solving of a 37-year-old vexed question as to the existence or otherwise of an 1819 issue of Robert Southey's Life of Nelson : being an Addendum to Between wind & water (2015) and Southey's 'Nelson' (2019) /Michael Nash Nash, Michael 2024. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Developpements de geometrie, avec des applications a la stabilite des vaisseaux, aux deblais et remblais, au defilement, a l'optique ... pour faire suite a La geometrie descriptive et a la geometrie analytique de M Monge ... Dupin, Charles 1813 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:629.12

The slaves' gamble : choosing sides in the War of 1812 /Gene Allen Smith. Smith, Gene A., 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1(73)"1812"

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

A course of mathematics : in three volumes. Composed for the use of the Royal Military Academy, by order of his Lordship the Master General of the Ordnance /by Charles Hutton, LL.D. F.R.S. Late Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy Hutton, Charles, 1813 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

The twilight of the East India Company : the evolution of Anglo-Asian commerce and politics, 1790-1860 /Anthony Webster. Webster, Anthony. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 38(42:5)"1790/1860":347.71EAST INDIA

Gender, morality, and race in Company India, 1765-1858 / Joseph Sramek. "Between 1765 and 1858, British imperialists in India obsessed continuously about gaining and preserving Indian "opinion" of British moral and racial prestige. Weaving political, intellectual, cultural, and gender history together in an innovative approach, Gender, morality, and race in Company India, 1765-1858 examines imperial anxieties regarding British moral misconduct in India ranging from debt and gift giving to drunkenness and irreligion and points out their wider relationship to the structuring of British colonialism. Showing a pervasive fear among imperial elites of losing "mastery" over India, as well as a deep distrust of Indian civil and military subordinates through whom they ruled, Sramek demonstrates how much of the British Raj's notable racial arrogance after 1858 can in fact be traced back into the preceding Company period of colonial rule. Rather than the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 ushering in a more racist form of colonialism, this book powerfully suggests far greater continuity between the two periods of colonial rule than scholars have hitherto generally recognized"-- 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.3(42:52)"1765/1858"

Broke of the Shannon : and the war of 1812 /edited by Tim Voelcker. Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence on the future of North America, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by three successive defeats in single-ship duels with US frigates, and stunned the American nation which had come to expect success. Both Britain and the USA claim to have won the war but only Canada, the third country heavily involved, can fully claim to have done so, for the peace that followed established her as an independent nation. Leading historians from all three countries have joined to give their sometimes conflicting views on different aspects in a way to interest and entertain general readers, as well as challenge academics. It is a tale of political and military blunders, courage and cowardice in battle, a bloody ship-to-ship fight, and technical innovation in the hitherto crude methods of naval gunnery. It also tells the human story of Broke's determination to achieve victory so he could return to his wife and children after seven lonely years at sea. The near-fatal wound Broke received in hand-to-hand fighting as he boarded the Chesapeake meant that he never served again at sea, but his work on naval gunnery, paid for out of his own pocket, transformed Admiralty thinking and led to the establishment of the British naval school of gunnery, HMS Excellent. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BROKE

Ships of oak, guns of iron : the War of 1812 and the forging of the American navy /Ronald D. Utt. "During the War of 1812, America's tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

Defending the inland shores : Newfoundland in the War of 1812 /Gordon K. Jones. "Defending the Inland Shores: Newfoundland in the War of 1812 describes the significant role that the Newfoundland soldiers played in the defence of Canada during the War of 1812. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment was on the front lines throughout the war, fought with honour and great courage, and experienced many casualties during military actions, such as the Battle of the Maumee, the Battle of Fort George, and the Battle of Lake Erie. This book also discusses several legendary military commanders from the War of 1812, including George Prevost, Isaac Brock, Andrew Bulger, and George Macdonell. The author skilfully describes many prominent battles of the war, such as the siege of Fort Detroit, the capture of an American naval schooner on Lake Ontario, a surprise attack on Ogdensburg, and the heroic defence of a British ship on the Niagara River during an American assault. Defending the Inland Shores: Newfoundland in the War of 1812 tells these incredible stories and recalls important events from Canadian military history."--Provided by publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1815"(42:73)

The rockets' red glare : an illustrated history of the War of 1812 /Donald R. Hickey and Connie D. Clark. This illustrated history invites readers to travel back in time and imagine what it would have been like to live through the War of 1812, America's forgotten conflict. The book recounts the war's main battles and campaigns, from William Hull's ignominious surrender at Detroit in 1812 to Andrew Jackson's spectacular victory at New Orleans in 1815. It describes Oliver H. Perry's remarkable victory on Lake Erie and the ensuing death of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh. It chronicles the devastation on the Niagara Front as the balance of power shifted back and forth. It follows Thomas Macdonough as he executes a masterstroke on Lake Champlain, winning a great naval battle and saving upper New York from occupation. Also included are the demoralizing British raids in the Chesapeake that culminated in the burning of Washington, D.C., and the successful defense of Baltimore that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen "The Star-Spangled Banner." This book recaptures in detail not only the military history of the war but also its domestic and diplomatic history. The authors show why the fragile young republic, which was still a second-rate power, declared war against Great Britain, an established global power. They also explain why Americans remember the conflict as an unalloyed success, even though by the war's end, the United States faced military uncertainty, financial stress, a punishing British naval blockade, and the intractable opposition of Federalists in New England. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

Hornblower's historical shipmates : the young gentlemen of Pellew's Indefatigable /Heather Noel-Smith. "This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were midshipmen under the famous Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Together, aboard the frigate HMS Indefatigable, they fought a celebrated action in 1797 against the French ship of the line Les Droits de l'Homme. C. S. Forester, the historical novelist, placed his famous hero, Horatio Hornblower, aboard Pellew's ship as a midshipman, so this book tells, as it were, the actual stories of Hornblower's real-life shipmates. And what stories they were! From diverse backgrounds, aristocratic and humble, they bonded closely with Pellew, learned their naval leadership skills from him, and benefited from his patronage and his friendship in their subsequent, very varied careers. The group provides a fascinating snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm. Besides tracing the men's naval lives, the book shows how they adapted to peace after 1815, presenting details of their civilian careers. The colourful lives recounted include those of the Honourable George Cadogan, son of an earl, who survived three courts martial and a duel to retire with honour as an admiral in 1813; Thomas Groube, of a Falmouth merchant family, who commanded a fleet of boats which destroyed the Dutch shipping at Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, in 1806; and James Bray, of Irish Catholic descent, who was killed commanding a sloop during the American war of 1812."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.335.34

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse : astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland /edited by Charles Mollan. "This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions - locally in the town and county around Birr, in political and other functions in an Ireland administered by the Protestant Ascendancy, in the development and activities of the Royal Society, of which he was President from 1848-54, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Countess of Rosse, who receives full acknowledgement in the book, was a woman of many talents, among which was her pioneering work in photography, and the book includes reproductions of her artistic exposures, and many other attractive illustrations."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ROSSE

Revenge in the name of honour : the Royal Navy's quest for vengeance in the single ship actions of the war of 1812 /Nicholas James Kaizer. "On 19 August 1812, lookouts of the British frigate HMS Guerriere spotted the American frigate, USS Constitution. Captain James Dacres, Guerriere's commander, was eager for a fight and confident of victory. He had the weight of Britain's naval reputation and confidence behind him. Yet when the guns fell silent Guerriere was a shattered hulk and Dacres had struck to Constitution. By the year's end, three British frigates and two sloops had been defeated in single ship actions against American opponents, throwing the British naval sphere into a crisis. These losses could not have been more shocking to the Royal Navy and the British world. In a strange reversal, the outnumbered British Army along the Canadian border had triumphed but the tiny United States Navy had humiliated the world's largest and most prestigious navy. Further dramatic sea battles between the two powers followed into early 1815, and the British tried to reconcile the perceived stain to the Royal Navy's honour. Many within and outside of the Royal Navy called for vindication. The single ship actions of the War of 1812 have frequently been dismissed by historians of the war, or of naval history in general. The fights of late 1813 and 1814 are often omitted from works of history altogether, as many (correctly) argue that they had no strategic impact on the wider course of the war. Yet to contemporaries, naval and civilian alike, these single ship actions could not have been more important. This volume explores the single ship naval actions during the War of 1812: how they were fought, their strategic context, and their impact on the officers and men who fought them, and the wider British psyche. Trafalgar happened only seven years earlier, and the fighting ethos of the Royal Navy was still hardened by Nelsonic naval culture. Whereas contemporary civilians and modern historians understood the losses as the inevitable result of fighting the vastly superior American 'super' frigates, the officers of the navy struggled to accept that they could not cope with the new American warships. The losses precipitated changes to Admiralty policy and drove an urge for vengeance by the officers of the Royal Navy. This volume explores the drama and impact of the British single ship losses and victories to examine Britain's naval experience in the moments that captivated the British and American world in the last Anglo-American War."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

The Naval War of 1812 : a documentary history /William S. Dudley, editor, Michael J. Crawford, associate editor. 1985-2002. • BOOK • 7 copies available. 973.5/25

Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 : by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva ; under the command of Captain A.J. von Krusenstern of the Imperial Navy. Hoppner, Richard Belgrave (tr) 1813. • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:910.4(100)"1803/1806"

The Durham papers : selections from the papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, G.C.B. (1763-1845) /edited by Hilary L. Rubinstein "Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763?1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships surrender to him at Trafalgar. A Scot distantly related to Lord Barham, Durham entered the Navy in 1777, serving initially on the American and West Indies stations. He was Kempenfelt's signal officer on HMS Victory during the second battle of Ushant in 1781 and on the Royal George. Making his reputation initially as the daring young master and commander of HMS Spitfire early in the French Revolutionary War, he became a crack frigate captain with a fortune in prize money, and commanded HMS Defiance at Trafalgar, where he was wounded. He ended his war service as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands. En voyage he artfully captured two brand-new French frigates which were subsequently taken into the service of Britain, and during his tenure he won the heartfelt gratitude of local merchants by ridding the surrounding seas of American privateers preying on British trading vessels. True to form, he clashed with the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court on Antigua and with the general with whom he led a combined naval and military assault on Martinique and Guadeloupe following Napoleon's escape from Elba. He later served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth having resigned his parliamentary seat to do so. Married first to the sister of the Earl of Elgin, of 'Marbles' fame, and secondly to a cousin of 'sea wolf' Lord Cochrane, he was well-known to George III, who as a result of Durham's amusing yet improbable anecdotes, dubbed any tall tale he heard 'a Durham'. This collection of his papers consists mainly of letters and despatches relating to his service in the Channel Fleet, the Mediterranean, and the Leeward Islands. Correspondence with his parents during 1789?1790 reflects his anxieties relating to employment and prospects for promotion when he was a young lieutenant with an illegitimate child to support. The collection, featuring items from and to him, comprises a fascinating and informative set of documents."--Provided by publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

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

The diary of Joseph Farington / edited by Kenneth Garlick and Angus Macintyre "Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary developments."--Provided by the publisher. 1978-84 • BOOK • 17 copies available. 92FARINGTON, Joseph

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