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Letters on professional topics : viz: 1: on the dry rot in the Navy; 2: on the necessity of practice in the use of signals and naval evolutions; 3: on subjects connected with shipbuilding Stirling, Charles 1825 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:620.193.8
Steel's naval remembrancer, from the commencement of the war in 1793 to the end of the year 1800 : intended as a complete supplement to the Navy Lists up to that period ... Steel, David, [1801?]. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1800":094
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
Distances of the Moon's center from the four planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn for 1831 / H. C. Schumacher Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1827 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(083.5)"1829":094
Gazettes of naval and military exploits, from 1794 to 1807. [1807?]. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.48/49"1794/1807"(42:44):094
An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the twenty-second year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for amending, explaining, and reducing... the laws relating to the government of His Majesty's ships, vessels and forces by sea Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc 1827 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.51
East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India
Journals of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in 1819-20-21-22-23-24-25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla, Griper and Fury / Parry, William Edward. 1828-1829. Parry, William Edward,-Sir, 1828-1829 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(987)"1819/1825"
Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822 King, Philip Parker, 1827 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:910.4(94)"1818/1822"
Regulations and instructions relating to His Majesty's service at sea : established by His Majesty in council. Great Britain.-Admiralty 1790 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.51(42)"1790"
A display of the naval flags of all nations : collected from the best authorities. 1827. • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:929.9.024.2
Tables of latitudes and longitudes by chronometer of places in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans : principally on the west and east coast of Africa, the coasts of Arabia, Madagascar, &c. : resulting from the observations of H. M. S. Leven and Barracouta, in the years 1820 to 1826 inclusive /under the direction of W. F. W. Owen, Captain R. N. ; to which is prefixed, and essay on the management and use of chronometers by Richard Owen, Commander R. N., an officer of the epedition. Owen, W. F. W. 1827. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527(083.5):094
Collection de lois maritimes anterieures au XVIIIe siecle Pardessus, J M 1827-1845 • RARE-BOOK • 5 copies available. 094:347.79
An authentic narrative of the proceedings of His Majesty's squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, from its sailing from Gibraltar to the conclusion of the glorious Battle of the Nile : drawn up from the minutes of an officer of rank in the squadron. Berry, Edward,-Sir, 1798. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1798"(42:44)
Alexander von Humboldt : Eine wissenschaftliche biographie /im verein mit R. Avâe-Lallemant, J.V. Carus, A. Dove, H. W. Dove, J. W. Ewald, A. H. R. Grisebach, J. Lowenberg, O. Peschel, G. H. Wiedmann, W. Wundt bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Karl Bruhns, Professor und Director der sternwarte in Leipzig Bruhns, C 1872. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HUMBOLDT:094
The Black Joke : the true story of one British ship's battle against the slave trade /A. E. Rooks. "Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon in France, yet before the rise of Queen Victoria's England, the Black Joke was first used as a slaving vessel, and one with a lightning-fast reputation; only a lucky capture in 1827 allowed itto be repurposed by the Royal Navy to catch its former compatriots. Over the next five years, the Black Joke liberated more enslaved people than any other in Britain's West Africa Squadron. As Britain slowly attempted to snuff out the transatlantic slave trade by way of treaty and negotiation, enforcing these policies fell ships such as the Black Joke as they battled slavers, weather disasters, and interpersonal drama among captains and crew that reverberated across oceans. The Black Joke is a crucial and deeply compelling work of history, both as a reckoning with slavery and abolition and a lesson about the power of political will - or the lack thereof."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8094109034
Mediterranean naval battles that changed the world / Quentin Russell. "Focusing on seven decisive naval engagements from the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in the fifth century BC to the Siege of Malta during the Second World War, this book tells the story of the Mediterranean as a theatre of war at sea. Each of these fiercely fought battles were to change the balance of power and shape the course of history. Before telling the story of each battle in detail the history of the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean and the effect of the development of naval architecture and design on the outcomes is outlined: Lepanto was the last major battle fought between galleys; Navarino was the last major battle to be fought entirely by sailing ships; and Cape Matapan (where a young Duke of Edinburgh saw action) was the first operation to exploit the breaking of the Italian naval Enigma codes. The battles included are: Salamis (480 BC), Actium (31 BC), Lepanto (1571), the Nile (aka Aboukir Bay, 1798), Navarino (1827), Cape Matapan 1941 and the Siege of Malta 1940-42."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.009163/8
An Universal dictionary of the marine : or a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases employed in the construction, equipment, furniture, machinery, movements, and military operations of a ship, illustrated with variety of original designs of shipping, in different situations; together with separate views of their masts, sails, yards and rigging. To which is annexed, a translation of the French sea-terms and phrases, collected from the works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, etc. / By William Falconer, author of The Shipwreck. Falconer, William, 1780. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:629.12(038)
Lloyd's list 1740 [i.e. 1741]- • MICROFILM • 4 copies available.
Decolonizing the map : cartography from colony to nation /edited by James R. Akerman. "Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, develop their national identity, establish their role in the community of nations, and more. The contributors to Decolonizing the Map explore this complicated relationship between mapping and decolonization while engaging with recent theoretical debates about the nature of decolonization itself. These essays, originally delivered as the 2010 Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents - Latin America, Africa, and Asia ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth. Contributors study topics from mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico to the enduring complications created by the partition of British India and the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. A vital contribution to studies of both colonization and cartography, this is the first book to systematically and comprehensively examine the engagement of mapping in the long - and clearly unfinished - parallel processes of decolonization and nation building in the modern world."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 526
Isaaci Newtoni opera quae exstant omnia Horsley, Samuel 1779 • RARE-FOLIO • 5 copies available. 5.093:094
Dumont d'Urville, explorer & polymath / Edward Duyker. "Explorer Jules-Sâebastien-Câesar Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) is sometimes called France's Captain Cook. Born less than a year after the beginning of the French Revolution, he lived through turbulent times. He was an erudite polymath: a maritime explorer fascinated by botany, entomology, ethnography and the diverse languages of the world. As a young ensign he was decorated for his pivotal part in France's acquisition of the famous Vâenus de Milo. D'Urville's voyages and writings meshed with an emergent French colonial impulse in the Pacific. In this magnificent biography Edward Duyker reveals that D'Urville had secret orders to search for the site for a potential French penal colony in Australia. He also effectively helped to precipitate pre-emptive British settlement on several parts of the Australian coast. D'Urville visited New Zealand in 1824, 1827 and 1840. This wide-ranging survey examines his scientific contribution, including the plants and animals he collected, and his conceptualisation of the peoples of the Pacific: it was he who first coined the terms Melanesia and Micronesia. D'Urville helped to confirm the fate of the missing French explorer Lapâerouse, took Charles X into exile after the Revolution of 1830, and crowned his navigational achievements with two pioneering Antarctic descents. Edward Duyker has used primary documents that have long been overlooked by other historians. He dispels many myths and errors about this daring explorer of the age of sail and offers his readers grand adventure and surprising drama and pathos."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92D'URVILLE
New tables for facilitating the computation of precession, aberration and nutation of two thousand eight hundred and eighty-one principal fixed stars : together with a catalogue of the same reduced to January 1, 1830: computed at the expense and under the direction of the Astronomical Society of London ; to which is prefixed an introduction explanatory of their construction and application /by Francis Baily. Baily, Francis, 1827. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 523.4(083.8)
Astronomical tables and formulae : together with a variety of problems explanatory of their use and application. To which are prefixed the elements of the solar system /Francis Baily, Esq. F.R.S. L.S. and G.S. M.R.I.A. and President of the Astronomical Society of London Baily, Francis, 1827 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:52-13(083.5)