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An observer of observatories : the journal of Thomas Bugge's tour of Germany, Holland and England in 1777 /edited by Kurt Moller Pedersen and Peter de Clercq. "In 1777, the Danish astronomer Thomas Bugge (1740-1815) was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Copenhagen. He travelled through Germany to Holland and England to learn more about the state of astronomy and instrument-making in these countries. During his tour he kept a journal in which he noted what he saw, whom he met and which books and instruments he bought."--Back cover. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 520.1(43+492+42)"1777"

The Hamilton letters : the Naples dispatches of Sir William Hamilton /edited by John A. Davis and Giovanni Capuano. Hamilton, William,-Sir, 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HAMILTON

Anglo-French naval rivalry 1840-1870 "The Crimean War brought the British and French navies, the most technologically advanced in the world, into alliance after many years of common hostility. It was a period of enormous technological innovation and development, witnessing the transition from sail to screw, and the birth of the ironclad. In this extensively reseached and thorough study, C. I. Hamilton traces the technological development of both British and French navies and analyses the political and diplomatic policies which formed the backdrop to the naval history of the period 1840-1870. Dr Hamilton compares the two navies in a variety of important ways: their recruitment and training systems, dockyard facilities, naval administrations, strategy and tactics."--Provided by the publisher. 1993 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)

Star captains : frigate command in the Napoleonic wars Wareham, Tom 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.823.6(42)"1793/1815"

Curves of equal magnetic variation, 1871 Evans, F. J.-(Frederick John), 1871 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.1.053.11(084.3)

The seaman's manual / Dana, R H. 1841. Dana, Richard Henry, 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.052

Warships of the Napoleonic Era : design, development and deployment /Robert Gardiner. Gardiner, Robert 2011. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.82"1793/1815"

The wine-dark sea O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31

Britain, Portugal and South America in the Napoleonic Wars : alliances and diplomacy in economic maritime conflict /Martin Robson. Robson, Martin. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327(42:469-44)"1793/1815"

A very brilliant affair : the Battle of Queenston Heights, 1812 /Robert Malcomson. Malcomson, Robert. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1815"(42:73)

British campaigns in the South Atlantic, 1805-1807 : operations in the Cape and the River Plate and their consequences /John D. Grainger. "Between 1805 and 1807 the British mounted several expeditions into the South Atlantic aimed at weakening Napoleon's Spanish and Dutch allies. The targets were the Dutch colony on South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which potentially threatened British shipping routes to India, and the Spanish colonies in the Rio de la Plata basin (now parts of Argentina and Uruguay). In 1805 an army of around 6,000 men was dispatched for the Cape under the highly-respected General David Baird. They were escorted and assisted by a naval squadron under Home Riggs Popham. The Cape surrendered in January 1806. Popham then persuaded Baird to lend him troops for an attack on Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires was taken in July but the paltry British force (around 2,400 men) was then besieged and forced to surrender in August. Popham was later court martialled for exceeding his orders. In Feb 1807 Montevideo was taken by a new (officially sanctioned) British force of 6,000 men. Whitelocke, the British Commander then attempted to retake Buenos Aires (not least to free British prisoners from the first attempt) but was defeated by unexpectedly fierce resistance stiffened by armed creoles and slaves. After heavy losses he signed an armistice, surrendering Montevideo and withdrawing all his forces. He too was court-martialled. One of the major themes of this new account is the strong Scottish connection - Baird and Popham were both Scots, and the 71st Highlanders made up the main force in the Cape and Popham's adventure. Another is the unlooked for consequences of these actions. The arrival of Scottish Calvinist ministers in the Cape influenced the eventual development of apartheid, while successful resistance to the British, with little help from Spain, shaped and accelerated the independence movement in South America."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1805/1807"(42:44)

Napoleonic Wars / Frederick C. Schneid. "It is only in the past two decades that scholars have breached the language barrier in Germany, Austria, and Russia, permitting a comprehensive reexamination of the Napoleonic Wars. This new volume in the Essential Bibliography series examines the changing nature of Napoleonic historiography in the English-speaking world and provides the student and scholar an invaluable guide to those changes."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 016:355.48"1793/1815"(42:44)

Nelsonian reminiscences : leaves from memory's log : a dramatic eye-witness account of the war at sea 1795-1810 Parsons, G S 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1795/1810"(42:44)

The mammoth book of life before the mast : sailors' eyewitness accounts from the age of fighting ships Lewis, Jon E Jan 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:359"1794/1815"

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