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The History of the Institution of Naval Architects and of scientific education in naval architecture White, William Henry, 1911 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.12:061.231

A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders and shipowners White, William Henry, 1877 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12

Trafalgar Captain : Durham of the Defiance /Hilary L. Rubinstein. A biography of Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763-1845). Born in Fife, Durham joined the Navy in 1777, serving in HMS Trident. He went on to have a lengthy and successful naval career serving in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. He most famously commanded HMS Defiance at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 when he captured two enemy ships and survived serious wounds. He served as commander-in-chief of Portsmouth and as a Member of Parliament. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DURHAM:355.49"1805"(42:44)

The diary of Abraham Ulrikab : text and context /translated by Hartmut Lutz and students from the University of Greifswald, Germany. "In August 1880, businessman Adrian Jakobsen convinced eight Inuit men, women, and children from Hebron and Nakvak, Labrador, to accompany him to Europe to be 'exhibited' in zoos and Volkerschauen (ethnographic shows). Abraham, Maria, Noggasak, Paingo, Sara, Terrianiak, Tobias, and Ulrike agreed, partly for the money and partly out of curiosity to see the wonders of Europe, which they had heard about from the Moravian missionaries. By January 1881, all eight had died in Europe of smallpox. The story is told from several different perspectives - sometimes sympathetic, sometimes voyeuristic, sometimes crass - Moravian letters and reports, a scholarly article, newspaper pieces, and even advertising. Portraits of the Inuit visitors and photos of the now abandoned Moravian mission in Hebron are also included. The core of the book is Abraham Ulrikab's own diary of the trip, translated for the first time into English. It is the earliest known Inuit autobiography ever written."-- 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.897/120718209034

The coffin ship : life and death at sea during the Great Irish Famine /Cian T. McMahon. "The standard story of the exodus during Ireland's Great Famine is one of tired clichâes, half-truths, and dry statistics. In The Coffin Ship, a groundbreaking work of transnational history, Cian T. McMahon offers a vibrant, fresh perspective on an oft-ignored but vital component of the migration experience: the journey itself. Between 1845 and 1855, over two million people fled Ireland to escape the Great Famine and begin new lives abroad. The so-called 'coffin ships' they embarked on have since become infamous icons of nineteenth-century migration. The crews were brutal, the captains were heartless, and the weather was ferocious. Yet the personal experiences of the emigrants aboard these vessels offer us a much more complex understanding of this pivotal moment in modern history. Based on archival research on three continents and written in clear, crisp prose, The Coffin Ship analyzes the emigrants' own letters and diaries to unpack the dynamic social networks that the Irish built while voyaging overseas. At every stage of the journey - including the treacherous weeks at sea - these migrants created new threads in the worldwide web of the Irish diaspora. Colored by the long-lost voices of the emigrants themselves, this is an original portrait of a process that left a lasting mark on Irish life at home and abroad. An indispensable read, The Coffin Ship makes an ambitious argument for placing the sailing ship alongside the tenement and the factory floor as a central, dynamic element of migration history."-- [2021] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 304.809415/09034

The High Court of Admiralty in relation to national history, commerce and the colonisation of America : A.D. 1550-1650 /by R.G. Marsden. Marsden, Reginald G.-(Reginald Godfrey), 1902?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.992:325.3(73)

Old and new astronomy / by Richard A. Proctor ; completed by A. Cowper Ranyard. Proctor, Richard A.-(Richard Anthony), 1892. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 52

Select pleas in the Court of Admiralty 1390-1404, 1527-1602 Selden Society 1894-1897 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.992

HMS Terror / Matthew Betts. "In the summer of 1845, Sir John Franklin and a crew of 128 men entered Lancaster Sound on board HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in search of a Northwest Passage. The sturdy former bomb ships were substantially strengthened and fitted with the latest technologies for polar service and, at the time, were the most advanced sailing vessels developed for Polar exploration. Both ships, but especially HMS Terror, had already proven their capabilities in the Arctic and Antarctic. With such sophisticated, rugged, and successful vessels, victory over the Northwest Passage seemed inevitable, yet the entire crew vanished, and the ships were never seen again by Europeans. Finally, in 2014, the wreck of HMS Erebus was discovered by Parks Canada. Two years later, the wreck of HMS Terror was found, sitting upright, in near pristine condition. The extraordinarily well-preserved state and location of the ships, so far south of their last reported position, raises questions about the role they played in the tragedy. Did the extraordinary capabilities of the ships in fact contribute to the disaster? Never before has the Franklin Mystery been comprehensively examined through the lens of its sailing technology. This book documents the history, design, modification, and fitting of HMS Terror, one of the world?s most successful polar exploration vessels. Part historical narrative and part technical design manual, this book provides, for the first time, a complete account of Terror's unique career, as well as an assessment of her sailing abilities in polar conditions, a record of her design specifications, and a full set of accurate plans of her final 1845 configuration. Based on meticulous historical research, the book details the ship's every bolt and belaying pin, and ends with the discovery and identification of the wreck in 2016, explaining how the successes and ice-worthiness of Terror may have contributed to the Franklin disaster itself. It is an ideal reference for those interested in the Franklin Mystery, in polar exploration, the Royal Navy, and in ship design and modelling." -- Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82TERROR

A voyage to California to observe the transit of Venus with an historical description of the author's route through Mexico and the natural history of that province : also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee to make experiments on Mr Le Roy's timekeepers Chappe d'Auteroche, Jean 1778 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(72)"1768/1769"

Address of Sir William Henry White, president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 3 November 1903 White, William Henry, 1903 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82

Voyages dans les mers du Sud / L'Atelier d'Artistes "A collection of paintings and photographs from a range of artists focusing on areas in Oceania" 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 75(9)

A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners and shipbuilders / by W H White. White, William Henry, 1900. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12

A treatise on the reflexion and refraction of light : being part I of A system of optics /by Henry Coddington. Coddington, Henry, 1829. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 535:094

[Arctic papers : various papers relating to Arctic expeditions 1846-1855 Great Britain.-Admiralty ca1850 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(987)"1847/1859"

A Manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners and shipbuilders White, William Henry, 1894 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.12

Rattlin, the reefer Marryat, Charles 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3

Catalogue of the library of the Athenaeum Athenaeum, The (London) 1845 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 017.1(421)Athenaeum

The complete Mediterranean pilot Norie, John William 1845 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(262)"18"

Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 pour eprouver les montres marines inventee par M le Roy ... avec le memoire surla meilleure maniere de mesurer le tems en mer ... Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1770 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(261)"1768"

Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum / Edited by George F. Warner. Series 1-5. British Museum.-Department of Manuscripts. 1899. • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available. 82-6"14/18"

With a favouring wind : the story of the Rowley admirals /Sir Richard Rowley, Bt. Rowley, Richard, Sir 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Nouveau dictionnaire portatif francais-allemand et allemand-francais Gerard, Caspar 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 030.8French/German

The marine memorandum book in three volumes Jennings, Hargrave 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:820-32:656.61

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