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Jack Tench : or, The midshipman turned idler /by Blowhard. Blowhard. 1841. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3

Revised instructions for the use of the magnetic and meteorological observatories and for the magnetic surveys / prepared by the committee of physics and meteorology of the Royal society. Royal Society (Great Britain) 1842. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 537.67:094

Narrative of the late expedition to Syria : under the command of Admiral the Hon Sir Robert Stopford... comprising an account of the capture of Gebail, Tripoli and Tyre : storming of Sidon : battle of Calat-Meidon : bombardment and capture of St Jean d'Acre... Hunter, W P 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1840"(569.1)

White rajah / Nigel Barley. A biography of Sir James Brooke (1803-1868), soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak and ruled as its first White Rajah from 1841 until his death. Resigning his commision from the Bengal Army, he unsuccessfully attempted to trade in the Far East before assisting the Sultan of Brunei to quash an uprising. In return for Brooke's assistance the Sultan awarded him the governorship of Sarawak. Complete sovereignty of Sarawak was ceded to Brooke in 1842. Brooke later presented the Island of Labuan to the British Government and became its governor and commander-in-chief in 1848. His reign was controversial with accusations of his excessive use of force against natives, under the guise of anti-piracy operations, leading to the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry in Singapore in 1854. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BROOKE

Narrative of the loss of the Mary Rose at Spithead, July 20 1545, from original manuscripts 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:656.61.085.3Mary Rose

A treatise on navigation and nautical astronomy, adapted to practice, and to the purposes of elementary instruction ... Riddle, Edward 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:527

The China station : war and diplomacy, 1830-1860 / by Gerald S. Graham. Graham, Gerald S 1978. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1830/1860"(51)

The face of naval battle : the human experience of modern war at sea Reeve, John 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49:92

Memoirs of the distinguished naval commanders, whose portraits are exhibited in the Royal Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital Locker, Henry Algernon 1842 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:92:355.33(42)

The Chinese war : an account of all the operations of the British forces from the commencement to The Treaty of Nanking /by Lieutenant John Ouchterlony, F. G. S. of the Madras Engineers. A reprint of a title originally published in 1844 describing the background and events of the First Opium or Anglo-Chinese War and covering the period from late 1838 to 1842. Events described by the author include those at Macao, Hong Kong, Canton (Guangzhou), Chuenpi, Ningbo, Shanghai, Zhenjiang and Nanking where the treaty ending the war was signed. The text is illustrated with 53 engravings from original drawings and six maps. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1839/1842"(51)

Numerus constans nutationis ex ascensionibus rectis stellae polaris in specula dorpatensi annis 1822 ad 1838 observatis deductus /Christiano Augusto Friderico Peters Peters, C. A. F. 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52.092:094

The diaries of John Tillett, seaman, 1859-1870 / transcribed and edited by his great-grandson, Robert Tillett. The diaries of John Tillett edited and transcribed by his great grandson. Born in Norfolk in 1842, Tillett went to sea in 1859. The diaries describe Tillett's life at sea as an ordinary seaman and cover the period 1859-1870 during which he served first in HMS Sidon and later HMS Zealous. HMS Sidon patrolled the Mozambique Channel stopping vessels suspected of carrying enslaved people. Also included is the text of an article which appeared in Lloyds Weekly News in 1913 based on an interview with Tillett and describing events during this period. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92Tillett

Hand book for India and Egypt : comprising the narrative of a journey from Calcutta to England by way of the River Ganges, the north west of Hindostan, the Himalayas, the rivers Sutledge and Indus, Bombay and Egypt, and hints for the guidance of passengers by that and other overland routes to the three presidencies of India Parbury, George 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:915.4(026)

The sea book : a nautical repository of perils and pleasures, adventures, joys and sufferings on the briny deep : being a summary of the life and doings of the sailor both ashore and afloat [1842] • BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:656.61(088)

Britain's imperial cornerstone in China : the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1854-1949 /Donna Brunero. "Established as the Imperial Maritime Customs Service in the wake of China's defeat in the Opium Wars of 1842-3, the British-dominated service became a central feature of the treaty port system. It was also responsible for harbour maintenance, lighthouse service, quarantine, anti-piracy patrols and postal services. [...] The book provides an overview of the development of the service [...] focusing particularly on its last decades when it faced challenges from nationalist elements, civil unrest and war, compounded with tensions between the inspectorate and British interests in China."--Provided by the publisher. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 337(51)

History of the mutiny at Spithead and the Nore with an enquiry into its origin and treatment and suggestions for the prevention of future discontent in the Royal Navy Neale, W. Johnson-(William Johnson), 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:355.133(422)"1797"

The first P. & O. voyage to the East / by Wm. Twynam. An account of the steamship Hindoostan, of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), which left Southampton on 24 September 1842, under the command of Captain Robert Moresby, on her way to Calcutta to open the Indian Mail Service. This pamphlet relates the circumstances which led to the opening of the service. There are details of the passengers on board, a list of officers and a description of the voyage. The voyage took ninety-one days from Southampton to Calcutta, of which sixty days were under steam. The Hindoostan's last voyage was in 1859 at the end of the Indian Mutiny, when she was commissioned as an extra ship to take officers and others to Suez. 1916. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.792P&O"1842"

Practical rules for ascertaining the deviations of the compass which are caused by the ship's iron Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.1.053.11:094

Table des positions gâeographiques principales de la Russie / râedigâee par M. W. Struve Struve, F. G. W.-(Friedrich Georg Wilhelm), 1843. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.7:094

Business and financial papers, 1780-1939: Series 1, Part 1: Colonial Gazette, • MICROFILM • 8 copies available.

Trigonometricheskaya semka gubernii : S Peterburskoi, pskouskoi, vitebskoi chasti novgorodskoi Shubert, F 1842 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 528(4/5):094

Traitâe de physique considâerâee dans ses rapports avec la chimie et les sciences naturelles / par M. Becquerel Becquerel,-(Antoine Câesar),-M. 1842-44 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 53:094

Canton days : British life and death in China /John M. Carroll. "The first comprehensive history of the British community in China from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842, this book challenges common assumptions about the British presence in China."-- [2020] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(42:51)"17/18"

Jardine Matheson : traders of the far east A history of Jardine Matheson covering the period between 1832, when the company was founded, and 1949, when the company was expelled from mainland China following the Communist revolution. Based originally in Canton (Guangzhou), the company soon moved to Hong Kong where it has continued to operate, the only company to pre-date the Treaty of Nanking, which opened China to foreign commerce in 1842. Set against the wider context of Sino-British history, the author examines the company's history alongside key events such as the ending of the East India Company's monopoly, the Opium wars, the development of Hong Kong, the introduction of railways to China, the Sino-Japanese Wars, the Boxer rebellion and the First and Second World Wars. 1999 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.79JARDINE MATHESON

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