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An essay on the formation of harbours of refuge, and the improvements of the navigation of rivers and sea ports by the adoption of moored floating constructions as breakwaters ... / by John White. White, John 1840. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.2(42)"18"

Plates descriptive of the maritime flags of all nations : a new edition, considerably improved /by J. W. Norie. Norie, J. W.-(John William), 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:929.9.024.2

Narrative of an expedition to the Polar Sea, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823 Wrangell, Ferdinand von 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Kolyma

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle / Charles Darwin. "Even before Charles Darwin changed the world with his theory of natural selection, he was recognised as an eminent scientist and natural historian. Published in 1840, and reproduced here from the first edition, his Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle reveals him as a writer of formidable intelligence and a keen observer of natural and human life. Darwin's journal encompasses every observable detail of the animals, birds and plants he encountered on the five-year voyage. It includes minute descriptions and even sketches of the movements and habits of hitherto unfamiliar species. Accompanying the entries are his own conclusions, analyses and classificatory notes that demonstrate his skill and talent as a naturalist. Darwin's entries on natural phenomena are interspersed with anecdotes of the indigenous peoples he encountered, transforming his journal from an impersonal scientific record to a book of true human interest."--Back cover. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)"1831/1836"

Outline of the method of conducting a trigonometrical survey for the formation of topographical plans ... with the explanation and solution of some of the most useful problems in geodesy and practical astronomy Frome, Lieutenant 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:528.42:514.116

Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836 ... with an account of southern whales, the sperm whale fishery and the natural history of the climates visited : volume 1 Bennet, Frederick Debell 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:639.245.1

Ueber Hofe und Nebensonnen / von G. Galle (Schluss von Seite 31) Galle, G. 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

Code maritime ou lois de la marine marchande, administratives, de commerce, civiles et penales Beaussant, A 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:347.79(44)

The letter bag of the Great Western; or, Life in a steamer.By the author of "The sayings and doings of Samuel Slick." Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1840. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-32

Archeologie navale Jal, A 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 656.61"...16"

Statistical reports on the health of the Navy, for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836. 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.6:311

Observations made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope : vol 1 1841-1846 Sabine, Edward,-Sir, 1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 520.1(687)-13

On eclipses / by Mr. W. S. B. Woolhouse. Head assistant on the Nautical Almanac Establishment Woolhouse, W. S. B.-(Wesley Stoker Barker), circa 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

Voyages of the Dutch brig of war Dourga through the southern and little-known parts of the Moluccan Archipelago and along the previously unknown southern coast of New Guinea performed during the years 1825 and 1826 Kolff, D H 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(91)"1825/1826"

Barlow's tables of squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots and reciprocals of all integers up to 10,000 Barlow, Peter, 1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 519.66:094

A concise account of the loss of the Royal George at Spithead, 1782 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:656.61.085.3Royal George

Types of naval officers drawn from the history of the British navy : with some account of the conditions of naval warfare at the beginning of the eighteenth century and its subsequent development ... Mahan, A. T.-(Alfred Thayer), 1902 • BOOK • 5 copies available. 92:355.333.3

Native claims : indigenous law against empire, 1500-1920 /edited by Saliha Belmessous. "This groundbreaking collection of essays shows that, from the moment European expansion commenced through to the twentieth century, indigenous peoples from America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand drafted legal strategies to contest dispossession. The story of indigenous resistance to European colonization is well known. But legal resistance has been wrongly understood to be a relatively recent phenomenon. These essays demonstrate how indigenous peoples throughout the world opposed colonization not only with force, but also with ideas. They made claims to territory using legal arguments drawn from their own understanding of a law that applies between peoples--a kind of law of nations, comparable to that being developed by Europeans. The contributors to this volume argue that in the face of indigenous legal arguments, European justifications of colonization should be understood not as an original and originating legal discourse but, at least in part, as a form of counter-claim. Native Claims: Indigenous Law against Empire, 1500-1920 brings together the work of eminent social and legal historians, literary scholars, and philosophers, including Rolena Adorno, Lauren Benton, Duncan Ivison, and Kristin Mann. Their combined expertise makes this volume uniquely expansive in its coverage of a crucial issue in global and colonial history. The various essays treat sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Latin America, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century North America (including the British colonies and French Canada), and nineteenth-century Australasia and Africa. There is no other book that examines the issue of European dispossession of native peoples in such a way"--Provided by publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 342.724"1500/1920"-0546

The cabin boy : being the memoirs of an officer in the civil department of H.M. Navy /by "Billy Pitt". Pitt, William. 1840. • RARE-OVER • 2 copies available. 355.124(42)"18":094

An account of the loss of the Royal George at Spithead, August, 1782 : with Tracey's attempt to raise her in 1783, also Mr J Dean's operations, 1834-1836, as well as the success of Colonel Pasley in removing a part of the wreck ... 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61.085.3Royal George

Directions for laying off ships on the mould-loft floor Fincham, John, 1840 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.12(083.96)

Marine art & Ulster : a chronicle of sail, steam & hag codes /A.S. Davidson. Davidson, A. S.-(Arthur Samuel), 2005. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7.047(416)

Narrative of a voyage to Java, China and the great Loo-Choo Island : with accounts of Sir Murray Maxwell's attack on the Chinese batteries and of an interview with Napoleon Buonaparte at St Helena Hall, Basil, 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:98"1820/1822"

Directions for laying off ships on the mould loft floor : with some instructions for drawing ships in perspective Fincham, John, 1840 • RARE-OVER • 2 copies available. 094:629.12(083.96)

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