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His Majesty's commission for the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, dated 28th May, 1763 1766 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.292Greenwich

Telegraphic signals, or, Marine vocabulary : with observations on signal flags and the best mode of applying them /by Sir Home Popham. Guide to signal flag vocabulary and sentence construction; illustrated with hand-coloured images of flags. 1812. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.724(42)"18":094

When the waves ruled Britannia : geography and political identities, 1500-1800 /Jonathan Scott. "How did a rural and agrarian English society transform itself into a mercantile and maritime state? What role was played by war and the need for military security? How did geographical ideas inform the construction of English - and then British - political identities? Focusing upon the deployment of geographical imagery and arguments for political purposes, Jonathan Scott's ambitious and interdisciplinary study traces development of the idea of Britain as an island nation, state and then empire from 1500 to 1800, through literature, philosophy, history, geography and travel writing. One argument advanced in the process concerns the maritime origins, nature and consequences of the English revolution. This is the first general study to examine changing geographical languages in early modern British politics, in an imperial, European and global context. Offering a new perspective on the nature of early modern Britain, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of the period"--Provided by publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942(26):33"15/18"

His Majesty's supplemental charter for the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, 1st February, 1809 1809 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.292Greenwich

Bellingshausen and the Russian Antarctic Expedition : 1819-21 /Rip Bulkeley. A detailed account of the Russian Navy's pioneering scientific voyage of 1819-21, including the first circumnavigations of Antarctica, led by celebrated cartographer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. Based on translations of first-hand accounts, many included in full, the author describes the expedition from genesis to completion, alongside biographical details of Bellingshausen and other members of the crew. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BELLINGSHAUSEN

Transactions of the Romney Society : volume 16, 2011 Contains the following papers: Joshua Reynolds and the ornamental style by David Mannings; The correspondence between William Hodges and William Hayley c. 1793-96 by Simon Macdonald; and Zoffany in eighteenth century India by Charles Greig. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Protest against a vote of the Board of Longitude granting to Mr Earnshaw a reward for the merit of his time-keepers / [Joseph Banks]. Banks, Joseph, ca.1804] (London : printed by W. Bulmer). • • 1 copy available. 681.113.92:094

A treatise on the commerce and police of the river Thames : containing an historical view of the trade of the port of London : and suggesting means for preventing the depredations thereon, by a legislative system of river police ... Colquhoun, Patrick, 1800 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:351.749.2(282.242.1)

A life of John Julius Angerstein, 1735-1823 : widening circles in finance, philanthropy and the arts in eighteenth century London /Anthony Twist. A biography of John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823). Born in Russia, Angerstein moved to England under the patronage of merchant Andrew Thomson, said to be his father. Introduced to Lloyd's, Angerstein primarily worked in the marine insurance industry both as a broker and underwriter. He was member of the Committees of both Lloyd's and the Lloyd's Register of Shipping, serving as Chairman of Lloyd's between 1790-1796. Angerstein's family and business relationships connected him with several London merchant communities and as a Lloyd's broker and underwriter his growing wealth enabled him to amass a fine collection of paintings. On his death, many of these would be purchased to form the nucleus of the National Gallery's collection. The author notes that while there is no surviving comment by Angerstein on the question of slavery, Angerstein is likely to have insured ships in the West Indian slave trade and was a trustee for the creditors of two sugar estates in Grenada. Angerstein supported a number of charitable endeavours including The Patriotic Fund and with William Wilberforce was a member of the General Committe of the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor. He was an early supporter of Jenner's vaccination against smallpox. Angerstein lived in Greenwich, leasing an estate from Sir Gregory Page on which he built Woodlands, his home. The book has a number of photographic plates of art works in his collection, of Angerstein and his family and his homes. There are detailed notes and a bibliography. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ANGERSTEIN

A correct account of the trial at large between Ross Donnelly... plaintiff and Sir Home Popham, defendant... on Saturday, the 27th day of June, 1807 : with an appendix of original papers, &c Court of Common Pleas 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Popham

The bye-laws and regulations of the Marine Society, incorporated in M.DCC.LXXII : containing an historical account of this institution, with remarks on the usefulness of it Marine Society (London, England) 1820. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

The Huntingdon peerage : comprising a detailed account of the evidence and proceedings connected with the recent restoration of the Earldom ... to which is prefixed a genealogical and biographical history of the illustrious house of Hastings ... Bell, Henry Nugent 1820 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:92Hastings

The Endeavour journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 Banks, Joseph, 1962 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Banks

Catalogue of King George III's maritime chart collection in the British Museum ca1964 • ATLAS-OVER • 2 copies available. 912.43(26):017.1(421)BL

Stephen Decatur : a life most bold and daring /Spencer Tucker. Tucker, Spencer, 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DECATUR

The Magpie : or, the maid of Palaiseau : a melo-drame ... as it is performed at the Theatres Royal by W Oxberry, comedian 1820 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:820-2

Sex, botany & empire : the story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks /Patricia Fara. Fara, Patricia. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 58:57.017.5(41-44)

A history of the mathematical theories of attraction and the figure of the earth : from the time of Newton to the of Laplace /by I. Todhunter Todhunter, I.-(Isaac), 1873. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.2:094

Joseph Banks and the British Museum : the world of collecting, 1770-1830 /by Neil Chambers. Chambers, Neil. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069(421.3)"1770/1830"

Quicksilver captain : the improbable life of Sir Home Popham /Jacqueline Reiter. Reiter, Jacqueline, 2024. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 359.0092

Tracing the connected narrative : Arctic exploration in British print culture, 1818-1860 /Janice Cavell. Cavell, Janice. c2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(98):676.22"1818/1860"

Nelson's letters to Lady Hamilton and related documents / edited by Marianne Czisnik. "This critical edition of Admiral Nelson's letters to Lady Hamilton is to bring together the important letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton that have only been published in parts over the last 200 years. Only by bringing the letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton together is it possible to assess their relationship and to present certain insights into Nelson's personality that are not revealed in his official correspondence. Thorough research into this side of Nelson's personality and into the nature of his notorious and unconventional relationship with Lady Hamilton has been hampered in the past by a desire not to look too closely at Nelson's personal morality. To a considerable extent their relationship was regarded as a challenge to traditional gender roles and it indeed did not conform to stereotypes that are usually attributed to men and women in a heterosexual relationship. Lady Hamilton was so obviously lacking in the subservience and passivity expected from women in that era that authors over the course of time started to exclude her in their accounts of the public sphere by reducing her to a private weakness of Nelson's, who could be successful at sea, where he was far away from the enthralling influence of a manipulating woman. The letters in this edition testify how Admiral Nelson's life at sea was not exclusively public nor was Lady Hamilton's life ashore solely private. It also shows how the two supposedly separate spheres of male and female lives were connected. A fresh approach and a thorough discussion of this important and neglected aspect not only of Nelson's life, but of gender history, demands this exact and scholarly edition of the primary material, which consists of about 400 letters that Nelson wrote to Lady Hamilton over the course of the last seven years of his life and about a dozen letters of her to him that have survived."-- [2020] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

Karmannoi pochtovoi atlasy Rossiiskoi Imperii 1820 • ATLAS-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(47)"18"

His Majesty's charter for incorporating the commissioners and governors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, 6th December, 1775 1775 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.292Greenwich

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