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Reappraisals of British colonisation in Atlantic Canada, 1700-1930 / edited by S. Karly Kehoe and Michael E. Vance. "Investigates the contested legacies of British colonisation on Canada's Atlantic coast. Engages with the legacy of British colonisation in Atlantic Canada across three sections. Situates the Scottish experience within process of British colonisation, challenging the tendency to omit the Scots from critical explorations of the colonisation process in this region. Exposes the reader to a range of experiences from across the four Atlantic Provinces, which will encourage more exciting new research. Chapters are grouped in three main sections: Dispossession and Settlement; Religion and Identity; Reappraising Memory. This collection offers new perspectives on the legacy of British colonisation by concentrating on Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island), a region that was pivotal to safeguarding Britain's imperial ambitions, between 1750 and 1930. New and established researchers from Canada, Scotland and the United States engage with the core themes of migration, dispossession, religion, identity, and commemoration in a way that diverges markedly from existing scholarship. The research shines much-needed light on groups traditionally excluded from Britain's broader imperial narrative, highlighting the indigenous experience and the presence and agency of slaves, free people of colour and religious minorities"--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 971.502

Embroidered Georgian pictures / Margaret Swain. "Meticulously embroidered pictures that could be framed and displayed formed a part of a girl's education through the Goergian period in Britain (1714-1830). This book shows the variety of subjects and techniques and also glances at the work produced in American schools. As well as schoolgirls, outstanding women like Miss Morritt, Mrs Knowles and Miss Linwood produced large embroidered pictures to simulate paintings, greatly admired at the time, but now totally neglected. Pictorial needlework also adored upholstery, chair seats, screens and wallhangings. This book will be a useful handbook for collectors, museum curators and antique dealers, and an inspiration to the modern needlewoman."--Provided by the publisher. 1994. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 746.3"1714/1830"

Was hat die Welt zu fèurchten von dem Kometen des Jahres 1834? : oder, èUber die sechste Erscheinung des Halleyschen Kometen und èuber Kometen im Allgemeinen : nebst einer einleitenden èUbersicht unsers Sonensystems /von Fr. J. Wartmann. Wartmann, Fr. J. 1830. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.64HALLEY

The forest oracle; or, the bridge of Tresino : an operatic drama in three acts Campbell, M. [ca. 1830] • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-2

A Treatise on marine architecture : containing the theory and practice of shipbuilding, with rules for the proportions of masts, rigging, weight of anchors etc... Hedderwick, Peter 1830 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:629.12(043.3)

A narrative of the atrocities committed by the crew of the piratical brig El Defensor de Pedro, with a brief account of the trial and execution of the pirates, to which is prefixed the confession of the crew 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:341.362.1(468.1)

The water witch : or the skimmer of the seas. A tale Cooper, James Fenimore, 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 820-31

Liffey ships & shipbuilding / Pat Sweeney. "This book provides a comprehensive history of the four shipbuilding yards that have operated along Dublin's River Liffey since shipbuilding began there. It begins with the Walpole and Webb shipyard from the early 1830's and documents the progression of the shipbuilding industry in Dublin throughout the First World War, the Great Depression, the Second World War and the vital part the shipyards played in keeping the neutral Irish merchant fleet operating in order to feed the country during the war - resulting in secret talks with the British navy about building ships in Dublin for the British during the Second World War. The narrative goes up to 1969 and the author then details the efforts that have been made to revive Dublin's shipbuilding industry in more recent years. Includes a 16-page photo section."--from publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(418.3)

A brief history of slavery / Jeremy Black. "Slavery is as old as the world itself and expert and professor Jeremy Black will show that its history is one that is central to our understanding of the modern world. This essential guide is a new global history of slavery from ancient times to the present day, includes fascinating new insights and interpretations including the role of slavery within Islam, the complicity of some Africans in the transatlantic trade, and will raise key questions about the persistence of slavery today and what our governments are doing about it."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326(100)

Naval researches : or a candid inquiry into the conduct of Admirals Byron, Graves, Hood, and Rodney in the actions off Grenada, Chesapeak, St Christopher's and of the ninth and twelfth of April, 1782 ... White, Thomas 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Byron

Notices of the elliptic orbits of Boèotis and Coronae : with a second approximation to the orbit of Virginis /by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Knt. Guelp. Herschel, John F. W.-(John Frederick William),-Sir, 1833. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092:094

Reflections on the decline of science in England, and on some of its causes / by Charles Babbage. Babbage, Charles 1830. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 509.42

Tabulae regiomontanae reductionum : observationum astronomicarum ab anno 1750 usque ad annum 1850 computatµ /Auctore Friderico Wilhelmo Bessel. Bessel, F. W.-(Friedrich Wilhelm), 1830. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52(083.5):094

The history of maritime and inland discovery 1830-1831 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:910.4

Breaking the line : statement of facts in the nature of memoir, leading to and connected with the great battle of the 12th of April 1782, between the fleet of Great Britain commanded by the late Lord Rodney, and that of France under the Compte de Grasse /by an old Naval officer. 1830. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

Astronomie pratique : usage et composition de la connaissance des tems Francoeur, L-B 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 520

Explanation and answer to Mr John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's narrative of a second voyage in the Victory, in search of a North-West Passage Ross, John,-Sir, 1835. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123Victory

On the satellites of Uranus / by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Knt. Guelp. Herschel, John F. W.-(John Frederick William),-Sir, 1834. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092:094

The life and correspondence of the late Admiral Lord Rodney Mundy, Godfrey Basil 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:92Rodney

On the investigation of the orbits of revolving double stars : being a supplement to a paper entitled "micrometrical measures of 364 double stars," Etc. Etc. /by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, K.G.H. Herschel, John F. W.-(John Frederick William),-Sir, 1832 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092:094

Distances of the Moon's center from the four planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn for 1832 / H. C. Schumacher Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(083.5)"1832":094

Shipbuilding and ships on the Thames : proceedings of a third symposium, held on 18 February 2006 at Greenwich Maritime Institute, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich /edited by Roger Owen. 2006. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.12(282.242.1)

Documents relating to the recall of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington from the Mediterranean command in June 1828 1830 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Codrington, E

New directions in Norwegian maritime history / edited by Lewis R. Fischer and Even Lange. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(481)

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