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Nautical astronomy by night : comprehending practical directions for knowing and observing the principal fixed stars visible in the northern hemisphere ... Parry, William Edward,-Sir, 1816 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:527

The East-India register and directory...: from the official returns received at the East-India House. [1803-1844] • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

The press gang : naval impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain /Nicholas Rogers. The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends. He also shows the limits to its operations and the press gang's need for cooperation from local authorities, who were by no means prepared to support it.--From publisher description. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.212(42)

A Complete collection of the treaties and conventions at present subsisting between Great Britain & foreign powers, so far as they relate to commerce and navigation, to the repression and abolition of the slave trade ... Hertslet, Lewis (comp) 1820-1827 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:341.24(42)

Calculus eclipsis solis observatae die 19 Novembris 1816 cui accedunt elementa eclipsium quas patitur tellus, luna eam inter et solem versante ab anno 1861 usque ad anno 1900 ex tabulis astronomicis recentissime conditis et calculo parallactico ad meridianos: Berolinensem, Hafniensem, Mediolanensem, Petropolitanum, Pragensem, et Viennensem deducta, atque typo ecliptico, et tabulis projectionum orthographicarum collustrata Hallaschka, Cassiano 1820 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092.9:094

A Treatise on ship-building : with explanations and demonstrations respecting the Architectura Navalis Mercatoria Chapman, F. H. af-(Fredrik Henrik), 1820 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 094:629.12

The age of projects / edited by Maximillian E. Novak. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 94(42)"1660/1789"

Shipbuilding and ships on the Thames : proceedings of the fourth symposium, held on 28 February 2009 at the Museum of London Docklands /ed. by Roger Owen. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.12(282.242.1)

The new week's preparation for a worthy receiving of the Lord's supper as recommended and appointed by the Church of England, consisting of, meditations and prayers for the morning and evening of every day of the week ... • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:264-13

The impact of technological change : the early steamship in Britain /John Armstrong and David M. Williams. Armstrong, John, 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(42)"19"

Shipwreck : a history of disasters at sea /Sam Willis. "Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions. Many were freak accidents, and their circumstances so extraordinary that they inspired literature: the ramming of the Essex by a sperm whale was immortalized in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Some symbolize colossal human tragedy: including the legendary Titanic whose maiden voyage famously went from pleasure cruise to epic catastrophe. From the Kyrenia ship of 300 BC to the Mary Rose, through to the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000, this is a thrilling work of narrative history from one of our most talented young historians."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3

Anglo-Dutch mercantile marine relations 1700-1850 : ten papers Papers presented at the maritime history symposium held in Amsterdam in October 1990. Contains the following papers: The Transfer of Technology between Britain and the Netherlands 1700-1850 by C A Davids; Developments in Shipbuilding and Ship Construction: the case of the East Indiaman 'Amsterdam' (1748) by Pieter van Overbeek; Developments in Ship Propulsion 1700-1850 by Fred M Walker; The Changing Structure of British Trade, Shipping and Ports (1700-1850) by Gordon Jackson; Made to Measure? A Comparative Approach to the System and Costs of English and Dutch Shipping to Asia in the 18th Century by Ingrid G Dillo; Ownership and Finance during the 18th Century: Ship-owning in Friesland by Rienk S Wegener Sleeswyk; Ownership and Finance 1820-1850: The Case of Ireland by Freda Harcourt; Personnel of the Dutch and English Mercantile Marine (1700-1850) by P C van Royen; 'A Period of Transition': Personnel in the British Mercantile Marine in the First Half of the 19th Century by David M Williams; The Female Side of Dutch Shipping: Financial Bonds of Seamen Ashore in the 17th and 18th Centuries by Marc A van Alphen. 1991 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 061.3

Science, voyages and encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850 / Bronwen Douglas, adjunct senior fellow, the Australian National University. Spanning four centuries and vast space, this book combines the global history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands). Douglas shows how prevailing concepts of human difference, or race, influenced travellers' approaches to encounters. Yet their presuppositions were often challenged or transformed by the appearance, conduct, and lifestyle of local inhabitants. The book's original theory and method reveal traces of Indigenous agency in voyagers' representations which in turn provided key evidence for the natural history of man and the science of race. In keeping with recent trends in colonial historiography, Douglas diverts historical attention from imperial centres to so-called peripheries, discredits the outmoded stereotype that Europeans necessarily dominated non-Europeans, and takes local agency seriously. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 995

The naval chronology of Great Britain : or an historical account of naval and maritime events from the commencement of the war in 1803 to the end of the year 1816 ... Ralfe, J 1820 • RARE-BOOK • 5 copies available. 094:355.49"1803/1816"(42)

Gender, war and politics : transatlantic perspectives, 1775-1830 /edited by Karen Hagemann, Gisela Mettele, Jane Rendall. "This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1820. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion"-- 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(261)-055.2

The role of naval bases in maritime operations in the Mediterranean during the eighteenth century, and Dockyards and naval bases in North America, the Atlantic and the Caribbean : Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society Volume 15 September 2021; Conferences held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich 24 March 2018 and 30 March 2019. The Naval Dockyards Society. 2021. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

The social life of maps in America, 1750-1860 / Martin Brèuckner. "In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of exposure and instruction. A "carto-coded" America - a nation in which maps are pervasive and meaningful - had to be created. The Social Life of Maps tracks American cartography's spectacular rise to its unprecedented cultural influence. Between 1750 and 1860, maps did more than communicate geographic information and political pretensions. They became affordable and intelligible to ordinary American men and women looking for their place in the world. School maps quickly entered classrooms, where they shaped reading and other cognitive exercises; giant maps drew attention in public spaces; miniature maps helped Americans chart personal experiences. In short, maps were uniquely social objects whose visual and material expressions affected commercial practices and graphic arts, theatrical performances and the communication of emotions. This lavishly illustrated study follows popular maps from their points of creation to shops and galleries, schoolrooms and coat pockets, parlors and bookbindings. Between the decades leading up to the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, early Americans bonded with maps; Martin Bruckner's comprehensive history of quotidian cartographic encounters is the first to show us how."--Provided by the publisher. [2017] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 526.0973/09034

How to survive in the Georgian navy : a sailor's guide /Bruno Pappalardo "Rigidly organised and harshly disciplined, the Georgian Royal Navy was an orderly and efficient fighting force which played a major role in Great Britain's wars of the 18th and early 19th centuries. This concise book explores what it was like to be a sailor in the Georgian Navy - focusing on the period from 1714 to 1820, this book examines the Navy within its wider historical, national, organisational and military context, and reveals exactly what it took to survive a life in its service. It looks at how a seaman could join the Royal Navy, including the notorious 'press gangs'; what was meant by 'learning the ropes'; and the severe punishments that could be levied for even minor misdemeanours as a result of the Articles of War. Military tactics, including manning the guns and tactics for fending off pirates are also revealed, as is the problem of maintaining a healthy diet at sea - and the steps that sailors themselves could take to avoid the dreaded scurvy. Covering other fascinating topics as wide-ranging as exploration, mutiny, storms, shipwrecks, and women on board ships, this 'Sailor's Guide' explores the lives of the Navy's officers and sailors, using extracts from contemporary documents and writings to reconstruct their experiences in vivid detail."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(036)

In the eye of all trade : Bermuda, Bermudians, and the maritime Atlantic world, 1680-1783 /Michael J. Jarvis. The first social history of eighteenth-century Bermuda, this book profiles how one especially intensive maritime community capitalized on its position "in the eye of all trade." Jarvis takes readers aboard small Bermudian sloops as they shuttled cargoes between ports, raked salt, salvaged shipwrecks, hunted whales, captured prizes, and smuggled contraband in an expansive maritime sphere spanning Great Britain's North American and Caribbean colonies. He shows how humble sailors and seafaring slaves operating small family-owned vessels were significant but underappreciated agents of Atlantic integration. The American Revolution shattered interregional links that Bermudians had helped to forge. Reliant on North America for food and customers, Bermudians faced disaster. A bold act of treason enabled islanders to continue trade with their rebellious neighbors and helped them to survive and even prosper in an Atlantic world at war. Ultimately, however, the creation of the United States ended Bermuda's economic independence and doomed the island's maritime economy. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 972.99"16/17"

Endeavouring Banks : exploring the collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771 /edited by Neil Chambers ; contributions by John Gascoigne, Philip J. Hatfield, Andrew Cook and Anna Agnarsdâottir ; with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. When English naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820) accompanied Captain James Cook (1728-1779) on his historic mission into the Pacific, the Endeavour voyage of 1768-1771, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators. They returned with unprecedented collections of artefacts and specimens of stunning birds, fish and other animals as well as thousands of plants, most seen for the first time in Europe. They produced, too, remarkable landscape and figure drawings of the peoples encountered on the voyage along with detailed journals and descriptions of the places visited, which, with the first detailed maps of these lands (Tahiti, New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia), were afterwards used to create lavishly illustrated accounts of the mission. These caused a storm of interest in Europe, where plays, poems and satirical caricatures were also produced to celebrate and examine the voyage, its personnel and many 'new' discoveries. Along with specimens and artefacts, contemporary portraits of key personalities aboard the ship, scale models and plans of Endeavour itself, scientific instruments taken on the voyage, commemorative medals and sketches, the objects (over 140) featured in this new book tell the story of the Endeavour voyage and its impact ahead of the 250th anniversary in 2018 of the launch of this seminal mission. Items separated in some cases for more than two centuries are brought together to reveal their fascinating history not only during but since that mission. Original voyage specimens will feature together with illustrations and descriptions of them, showing a rich diversity of newly discovered species and how Banks organized this material, planning but ultimately failing to publish it. Drawings of people and places visited during the mission are reproduced. And by comparing these voyage originals with the often stylized engravings later produced in London for the official account, this book investigates how knowledge gained on the mission was gathered, later revised and then printed in Europe. The book focuses on the contribution of Banks's often neglected artists - Sydney Parkinson, Herman Diedrich Spèoring, Alexander Buchan as well as the priest Tupaia, who joined Endeavour in the Society Islands - none of whom survived the mission. These men illustrated island scenes of bays, dwellings, canoes as well as the dress, faces, possessions and ceremonies of Pacific peoples. Of particular interest, and only recently recognised as by him, are the original artworks of Tupaia, who produced as part of this mission the first charts and illustrations on paper by any Polynesian. The surviving Endeavour voyage illustrations and maps were the most important body of images produced since Europeans entered this region, matching the truly historic value of the plant specimens and artefacts seen alongside them in this handsome book. 2016. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069.5:910.4(93/96)"1768/1771"

One firm anchor : the Church and the merchant seafarer /R.W.H. Miller. "One Firm Anchor uncovers nineteen centuries of contact between the churches and the seafarer. This extensive introductory history goes beyond anything previously written on the subject in scope and detail. Until now, much has been written of the sea, but little about the relationship of the seafarer to Christianity. R.W.H Miller adeptly sets out the origins of seafaring mission in the Early Church and the medieval era. The early modern period is also considered, leading to a detailed exploration of the developments in the nineteenth century that saw the foundation of The Missions to Seamen, the British Sailors' Society, the Apostleship of the Sea and the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. Particular attention is given to the work of the Catholic Church during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These developments are set against the backdrop of the economic, technical, and cultural developments of each period and society. Miller reveals the role of key figures, such as G.C. Smith, John Ashley, Francis Goldie SJ and Peter Anson, whose determination and vision instigated real change. One Firm Anchor is both a triumph of scholarship and a lively narrative of heroic ministry and (occasionally) erring clergy, and will appeal to historian, academic, and student alike."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 2:656.61.071.22

Staying power : the history of black people in Britain /Peter Fryer "'STAYING POWER is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of Black presence in Britain. First published in the 1980s, amidst race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act; revealing how Africans, Asians and their descendants had long been erased from British history. By rewriting black Britons into the British story, showing where they influenced political traditions, social institutions and cultural life, was - and is - a deeply effective counter to a racist and nationalist agenda.This new edition includes the classic introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack', in addition to a brand-new foreword by Guardian journalist Gary Younge, which examines the book's continued significance today as we face Brexit and a revival of right wing nationalism."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.896041

Britain's war against the slave trade : the operations of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, 1807-1867 /Anthony Sullivan. "Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across Africa the buying and selling of slaves was widespread. There was, at the time, nothing unusual in Britain's somewhat belated entry into the slave trade, transporting natives from Africa's west coast to the plantations of the New World. What was unusual was Britain's decision, in 1807, to ban the slave trade throughout the British Empire. Britain later persuaded other countries to follow suit, but this did not stop this lucrative business. So the Royal Navy went to war against the slavers, in due course establishing the West Africa Squadron which was based at Freetown in Sierra Leone. This force grew throughout the nineteenth century until a sixth of the Royal Navy's ships and marines was employed in the battle against the slave trade. Between 1808 and 1860, the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans. The slavers tried every tactic to evade the Royal Navy enforcers. Over the years that followed more than 1,500 naval personnel died of disease or were killed in action, in what was difficult and dangerous, and at times saddening, work. In Britain's War Against the Slave Trade, naval historian Anthony Sullivan reveals the story behind this little-known campaign by Britain to end the slave trade. Whereas Britain is usually, and justifiably, condemned for its earlier involvement in the slave trade, the truth is that in time the Royal Navy undertook a major and expensive operation to end what was, and is, an evil business."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.362

Britain, Canada and the North Pacific : maritime enterprise and dominion, 1778-1914 /Barry M. Gough. "From the time of Cook, the British and their Canadian successors were drawn to the Northwest coast of North America by possibilities of trade in sea otter and the wish to find a 'northwest passage'. The studies collected here trace how the British came to dominate the area, with expeditions sent from London, Bombay and Macau, and the Canadian quest from overland, and how commercial enterprise, the Royal Navy and British statecraft fended off American opposition and Russian and Spanish resistance to British aspirations. Elsewhere in the Americas, the British promoted trans-Pacific trade with China, conveyed specie from western Mexico, and established the South America naval station. The flag followed trade and vice versa; empire was both formal (at Vancouver Island) and informal (as in California or Mexico). This book features individuals such as James Cook, William Bolts, Peter Pond, and Sir Alexander Mackenzie. It is also an account of the pressure that corporations placed on the British state in shaping the emerging world of trade and colonization in that distant ocean and its shores, and of the importance of sea-power in the creation of modern Canada."--Provided by the publisher. c2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(218)"1778/1914"

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