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Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834-8 at the Cape of Good Hope : being the completion of a telescope survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825 Herschel, John Frederick William 1847 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 520.1-14(687)

Erebus : the story of a ship /Michael Palin. "Michael Palin - Monty Python star and television globetrotter - brings the remarkable Erebus back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic and to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic. The ship was filled with fascinating people: the dashing and popular James Clark Ross, who charted much of the 'Great Southern Barrier'; the troubled John Franklin, whose chequered career culminated in the Erebus's final, disastrous expedition; and the eager Joseph Dalton Hooker, a brilliant naturalist - when he wasn't shooting the local wildlife dead. Vividly recounting the experiences of the men who first set foot on Antarctica's Victoria Land, and those who, just a few years later, froze to death one by one in the Arctic ice, beyond the reach of desperate rescue missions, Erebus is a wonderfully evocative account of a truly extraordinary adventure, brought to life by a master explorer and storyteller."--Provided by the publisher 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82EREBUS

On the necessity of employing one universal system of marine night signals for preventing collision at sea, and shewing distress at night : with a description of Rettie's code of signals for steam and sailing vessels, steering lamps, signals of distress ... Rettie, R 1847 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:627.722

Systáeme de gâeologie et origine des comáetes ou tráes-court râesumâe du deuxiáeme volume de l'atomosphâerologie / par Pierre Bâeron. Beron, Petæur 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 521.3:094

Omoo : a narrative of adventures in the south seas : being a sequel to the "Residence in the Marquesas Islands" /by Herman Melville. Melville, Herman, 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.621

Finding Franklin : the untold story of a 165-year search /Russell A. Potter. "In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story and the cast of detectives from every walk of life that led to the discovery, solving of one of the Arctic's greatest mysteries. In compelling and accessible prose, Russell Potter details his decades of work alongside key figures in the era of modern searches for the expedition and elucidates how shared research and ideas have led to a fuller understanding of the Franklin crew's final months. Illustrated with numerous images and maps from the last two centuries, Finding Franklin recounts the more than fifty modern searches for traces of his ships and crew, and the dedicated, often obsessive, men and women who embarked on them. Potter discusses the crucial role that Inuit oral accounts, often cited but rarely understood, played in all of these searches, and continues to play to this day, and offers historical and cultural context to the contemporary debates over the significance of Franklin's achievement. While examination of the HMS Erebus will undoubtedly reveal further details of this mystery, Finding Franklin assembles the stories behind the myth and illuminates what is ultimately a remarkable decades-long discovery."-- 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1845/2014"

Ice ghosts : the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition /Paul Watson. "The true story of the greatest mystery of Arctic exploration and the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge that led to the shipwreck?s recent discovery. Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845, whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice, with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of civilization, and the decades of searching that exposed rumours of cannibalism and a few scattered papers and bones?until a combination of Inuit lore and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1845/1859"

Death in the ice : the shocking story of Franklin's final expedition /Karen Ryan. "Discover one of the most fascinating and mysterious stories in the history of exploration. In 1845, Sir John Franklin led a British search for the Northwest Passage. Two years later, the expedition had not returned. It took more than a decade to establish that all crewmembers were dead, and their ships lost. How and why it happened, however, remain a mystery to this day. In this souvenir catalogue, iconic artifacts recovered following the Expedition's disappearance are featured with more recent finds, including the discovery of the HMS Erebus and Terror. Step into the perilous world of 19th century Arctic exploration and see the conditions aboard the Expedition's vessels - from the voyage's confident beginnings to its tragic end. Discover the critical role played by Inuit in revealing the Expedition's end through artifacts and oral histories - crucial pieces in a story that continues to capture our imagination, more than a century and a half later."-- 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1845/1848"

As affecting the fate of my absent husband : selected letters of Lady Franklin concerning the search for the lost Franklin expedition, 1848-1860 /edited, with an introduction and notes, by Erika Behrisch Elce. A collection of Jane, Lady Franklin's letters written following the disappearance of her husband, Sir John Franklin, in 1845 while searching for the North West passage. Jane Franklin's letters inspired others to continue searching for her husband and kept his memory alive in the public imagination. Her correspondence, a private appeal to public figures including politicians, entrepreneurs and Lords of the Admiralty, was largely responsible for the expedition that discovered Franklin's fate and resurrected her husband's reputation. Lady Franklin became a symbol of faith and fidelity and transformed a tragedy into a celebration of fortitude, faith and heroism. Her letters provide a timeline and emotional record of the search. All letters included were signed by Lady Franklin and sent to national and international leaders both before and after the announcement of her husband's death. The letters are supported by an informative introduction about the letters and the time in which they were written, comprehensive annotations, maps and a descriptive timeline. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FRANKLIN, JANE

Fatal passage : the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot /Ken McGoogan. A biography of John Rae (1813-1893). Born in Orkney, Rae qualified as a surgeon working for the Hudson's Bay Company in Ontario, Canada. He developed a reputation for stamina and his use of snowshoes, learning to live off the land while travelling long distances, adopting and learning the ways of indigenous Arctic peoples. Rae went on to explore the Gulf of Boothia and made three voyages along the Arctic coastline from 1848?1851. In 1854, back in the Gulf of Boothia, he obtained credible information from local Inuit peoples about the fate of the Franklin Expedition which had disappeared in 1848. His report to the Admiralty included evidence that cannibalism had been a last resort for some of the survivors. Franklin's widow Lady Jane Franklin was outraged and recruited many important supporters, including Charles Dickens, to condemn Rae for daring to suggest Royal Navy sailors would have resorted to cannibalism. Rae's reputation was ruined and although he had discovered the final link in the North-West passage, he was shunned by the establishment at the time and his achievements never recognised. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92RAE

Sir John Franklin's Erebus and Terror expedition : Lost and found /Gillian Hutchinson "In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage - he sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph but the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and the 129 men aboard them disappeared in the Arctic. The last Europeans to see them alive were the crews of two whaling ships in Baffin Bay in July 1845, just before they entered the labyrinth of the Arctic Archipelago. The loss of this British hero and his crew, and the many rescue expeditions and searches that followed, captured the public imagination, but the mystery surrounding the expedition's fate only deepened as more clues were found. How did Franklin's final expedition end in tragedy? What happened to the crew? The thrilling discoveries in the Arctic of the wrecks of Erebus in 2014 and Terror in 2016 have brought the events of 170 years ago into sharp focus and excited new interest in the Franklin expedition. This richly illustrated book is an essential guide to this story of heroism, endurance, tragedy and dark desperation."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 910.4(987)"1845/2016"

Hand-book for travellers in Egypt : including descriptions of the course of the Nile to the second cataract, Alexandria, Cairo, the Pyramids, and Thebes ... /y Sir Gardner Wilkinson. Wilkinson, Gardner, Sir 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 916.2(026)

Old England's worthies : a gallery of portraits from authentic copies of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and science and artists of our country : accompanied by full and original biographies 1847 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:929(42)

The naval history of Great Britain from the declaration of war by France in 1793 to the accession of George IV ... and an account of the Burmese War and the battle of Navarino James, William 1847 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1793/1827"(42)

Monitore : della 28 ma divisione militare dell' Impero Francese, num. 100. Genova 14 Dicembre 1805. A single issue of an Italian newspaper providing a contemporary account of the battle of Trafalgar. It includes Collingwood's report from London on the British victory and on Nelson's death as well as those of Duff and Cooke. A full-page engraved battle plan of Trafalgar titled: Figura del Combattimento, is included on p. 2. 1805. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49"1805"(42:44)

Life on the ocean, or twenty years at sea Little, George 1847 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Little

A list of the gunners, boatswains, and carpenters of Her Majesty's Royal Navy : with the dates from which they take rank. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827. Franklin, John,-Sir, 1828. • RARE-FOLIO • 6 copies available. 094:910.4(987)"1825/1827"

A manual for shipmasters : in a series of letters addressed to them on their qualifications, duties, powers, responsibilities, &c., arising from the different situations in which they may be placed during the course of a voyage /by James Lees. Lees, James, 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.79:094

On a practical method of forming logarithms and anti-logarithms to twelve or any less number of places : with a postscript, in which the method is extended to the forming of logarithms and anti-logarithms of sixteen places /by Peter Gray, F.R.A.S. Gray, Peter, 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 519.662:094

The observations of Sir Richard Hawkins in his voyage into the South Sea in the year 1593 / edited by C. R. Drinkwater Bethune. Hawkins, Richard, Sir 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Hawkins(093.32)

Alfred King Lewis 1818-1860 : barge builder and shipwright, Royal Navy "Five years after Hong Kong became a British Protectorate, a young Carpenter's Mate, Alfred King Lewis became embroiled in the "Canton River Operations" in April 1847. The event was commemorated in a series of 11 hand-coloured lithographs which show the Bay of Victoria at Hong Kong, the British and Foreign Factories in the City of Canton (Guangzhou) China, sampans and junks as well as the Royal Navy paddle ships Vulture, Pluto, Espiegie, Corsair and Lorcha. These 11 prints have been reproduced for the first time in this book. Although written for family history, the book takes a first hand look at the Royal Navy through examining the activities of Ships' Carpenters in the 1840's. It also provides a social history of the London docklands area during the mid-1800's."--Provided by the publisher. 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.223(42)

A reply to Mr Babbage's letter to "The Times," "on the planet Neptune and the Royal Astronomical Society's medal." / by the Rev R. Sheepshanks. Sheepshanks, R 1847. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

A relic of the revolution, containing a full and particular account of the sufferings and privations of all the American prisoners captured on the high seas, and carried into Plymouth, England, during the revolution of 1776 ... also an account of the several cruises of the squadron under the command of Commodore John Paul Jones ... Herbert, Charles 1847 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.257.72(73:42)"1776/1779"

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