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Distant freedom : St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872 /Andrew Pearson. "This book is an examination of the island of St Helena's involvement in slave trade abolition. After the establishment of a British Vice-Admiralty court there in 1840, this tiny and remote South Atlantic colony became the hub of naval activity in the region. It served as a base for the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, and as such became the principal receiving depot for intercepted slave ships and their human cargo. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century over 25,000 'recaptive' or 'liberated' Africans were landed at the island. Here, in embryonic refugee camps, these former slaves lived and died, genuine freedom still a distant prospect. This book provides an account and evaluation of this episode. It begins by charting the political contexts which drew St Helena into the fray of abolition, and considers how its involvement, at times, came to occupy those at the highest levels of British politics. In the main, however, it focuses on St Helena itself, and examines how matters played out on the ground. The study utilises documentary sources (many previously untouched) which tell the stories of those whose lives became bound up in the compass of anti-slavery, far from London and long after the Abolition Act of 1807. It puts the Black experience at the foreground, aiming to bring a voice to a forgotten people, many of whom died in limbo, in a place that was physically and conceptually between freedom and slavery."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/6209973
cultural-historical study of a hundred years of luxury transport on board the transatlantic oceanliners : 1840 Cornelis, Abraham 1994 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 656.614.2
marine en bois : le tour du monde de L'Uranie (1817-1820) [and] le voyage triomphal de la Belle-Poule (1840 Benoit-Guyod, Georges 1843 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bonaparte
Oriental-Hydrographe and Photography : the first expedition around the world with an 'Art Available to All' (1839-1840 Turazzi, Maria Inez. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
a pictorial history showing the progress of the Cunard Lines service between two hemispheres since 1840 Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd. 1990 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.123.2
Charte der gebirge des Mondes : nach eigenen beobachtungen in den Jahren 1840-1874 /entworfen von Dr. Schmidt, J. F. Julius 1878 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 528
Statistical reports on the health of the Navy : for the years 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons. 1853-1854. • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 613.68"1837/1843":094
Time & place : English country clocks 1600-1840 :an exhibition by the Antiquarian Horological Society [2006?]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.11(42)"1600/1840":069(425.72)
The Opium War 1840-1842 : barbarians in the celestial empire in the early part of the nineteenth century Fay, Peter Ward 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:663.99
Narrative of a residence on the Mosquito Shore during the years 1839, 1840 and 1841 : with an account Young, Thomas 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(728)"1839/1841"
Eastern fortress : a military history of Hong Kong, 1840-1970 /Kwong Chi Man and Tsoi Yiu Lun. "Celebrated as a trading port, Hong Kong was also Britain's 'eastern fortress'. Likened by many to Gibraltar and Malta, the colony was a vital but vulnerable link in imperial strategy, exposed to a succession of enemies in a turbulent age and a troubled region. This book examines Hong Kong's developing role in the Victorian imperial defence system, the emerging challenges from Russia, France, the United States, Germany, Japan and other powers, and preparations in the years leading up to the Second World War. A detailed chapter offers new interpretations of the Battle of Hong Kong of 1941, when the colony succumbed to the Japanese invasion. The remaining chapters discuss Hong Kong's changing strategic role during the Cold War and the winding down of the military presence. The book not only focuses on policies and events, but also explores the social life of the garrison in Hong Kong, the struggles between military and civil authorities, and relations between the armed forces and civilians in Hong Kong. Drawing on original research in archives around the world, including English, Japanese, and Chinese sources, this is the first full-length study of the defence of Hong Kong from the beginning of the colonial period to the end of British military interests East of Suez in 1970. Illustrated with images and detailed maps, Eastern Fortress will be of interest to both students of history and general readers."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48(512.317)
Indiaman "Java" with emigrants to the colony of South Australia, arriving at Holdfast Bay on February 6th 1840 Barnett, Stephen 1996 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 325.252(942)
Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feroe pendant les annees 1838, 1839 et 1840 sur Gaimard, Paul 1852? • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 623.82Recherche
Index to the New Zealand section of the Register of all British ships 1840-1950 (inclusive) Watt, M N (comp) ca1950 • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 629.123(931)
temperatures de la terre, sur la floraison des plantes, etc, faites a l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles en 1840 Quetelet, A 1841 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.093M:094
Southampton's marquis and other mariners : a portrait of Peartree Green from 1740 to 1840, wherein are Mornington, Gerald 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Bryer
to the more important Parliamentary papers and Acts of Parliament affecting merchant shipping from 1840 Great Britain.-Board of Trade 1910 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.79
British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, under the departments of the Ordnance and Admiralty : part 1 1840 Sabine, Edward,-Sir, 1843 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.1.053.11
British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, under the departments of Ordnance and Admiralty : parts 1 and 2, 1840 Sabine, Edward,-Sir, 1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.1.053.11
Narrative of the voyages and services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843 and of the combined naval and Hall, W W 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:355.48"1839/1842"(51)
Zurich 1840 Gautier, Alfred, 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 528:094
clipper ships and vessels of war, both sail and steam built ... in the City of New York from the year 1840 Webb, William H ca1870 • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 629.12(73)"18"
The colonisation of New Zealand Marais, J S 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.3/.4(931)
ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec 1840 Belcher, Edward,-Sir, 1843 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:910.4(100)"1836/1842"