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Dr John Rae 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. The text is supported by photographs, detailed notes and a bibliography. 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"18"

Arctic searching expedition : a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under command of Sir John Franklin Richardson, John,-Sir, 1851 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 910.4(712.2)"1847/1849"

Observations on days of unusual magnetic disturbance, made at the British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, under the departments of Ordnance and Admiralty : parts 1 and 2, 1840-1844 Sabine, Edward,-Sir, 1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.1.053.11

Voyage of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin : a narrative of every-day life in the Arctic seas Snow, W Parker 1851 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.123Prince Albert

An account of the destruction of the fleets of the celebrated pirate chieftains Chui-apoo and Shap-ng-tsai, on the coast of China, in September and October 1849 by Her Majesty's sloop Columbine ... Scott, Beresford. 1851. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1(512)"1849"

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

Râesultats gâeographiques du voyage en Perse, fait par le capitaine Lemm en 1838 et 1839 / mâemoire de M. Otto Struve. Struve, Otto, 1851. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 91(55):094

Observations made at the magnetical and meteorological observatory at the Cape of Good Hope / printed by order of Her Majesty's government, under the superintendence of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Sabine of the Royal Artillery. Sabine, Edward,-Sir, 1851. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.236.5:094

A MacBrayne album / Alistair Deayton & Iain Quinn. In 1851 G & J Burns sold their West Highland steamer services to David Hutcheson & Co with the condition that Hutcheson take on their nephew David MacBrayne as a junior partner. MacBrayne renamed the company on taking it over in 1878 and the name has continued since 1973 as part of Caledonian MacBrayne. Biographical details of James Burns, David Hutcheson and David MacBrayne are provided. This is an illustrated history of the MacBrayne fleet prior to the era of the car ferry and is told through extensive photographs and illustrations of the ships, including paddle steamers, canal steamers, screw steamers, cargo vessels, motor vessels and the smaller vessels which tendered to the larger vessels at ports without piers. Particular attention is given to the RMS Columba and Iona, Saint Columba and King George V. The book also contains reproductions of promotional material and other ephemera highlighting routes, prices and timetables. Illustrations are supported by detailed captions. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792MACBRAYNE

A Summary of services rendered to the state, in saving the lives of its sailors from shipwreck, and providing clothing and necessaries ... likewise, in inventions for the rescue of human life from drowning ... and from houses enveloped in flames ... Manby, George William 1851 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 614.81

My father : being records of the adventurous life of the late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby /by William Scoresby. A biography of William Scoresby (1760-1829), a prosperous whaler and polar navigator, written by his son. Scoresby entered the Greenland whaling industry on board the Henrietta in 1785, working on coastal vessels during the off-season. Later commands included the Dundee of London, Resolution, John, Mars and Fame. Scoresby's biography highlights incidents during his father's life at sea, including his invention of the crow's nest, descriptions of the capture and killing of whales and walruses, and his reaching the furthest point north on the Resolution. Tables detail the number of whales caught (533), oil (4664 tuns) and whalebone (240 tons)as a result of Scoresby's 30 voyages. 1851. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SCORESBY

North by degree : new perspectives on Arctic exploration /Susan A. Kaplan and Robert McCracken Peck, editors. "North by Degree: New Perspectives on Arctic Exploration is a volume of papers on the history of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Arctic exploration. The authors have contextualised expeditions, examining the social, cultural, technological, and environmental settings in which exploration endeavours were conceived, carried out, described, and understood by the public. Honoring the hundreth anniversary of Robert E. Peary's historic 1908-09 North Pole Expedition and recognising the third International Polar Year (2007-09) served as starting point for a conference designed to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines whose work touches on different facets of Arctic exploration. Susan A. Kaplan (The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College) and Robert McCracken Peck (Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia) joined forces, and invited the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS) and the American Philosophical Society to partner with them. North by Degree: An International Conference on Arctic Exploration took place in Philadelphia in May 2008. The papers in this volume are a subset of those presented at that gathering and are authored by scholars from variosu disciplines, including English, art history, anthropology, archaeology, history, ethnohistory, and Native American studies. The papers cast light on aspects of exploration initiatives not examined in most biographies of explorers, official expedition narratives, or overviews of the history of Arctic exploration."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.911/3

East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India

Lists of British life-boats / Farr, Grahame. 1992. Farr, Grahame 1992 • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 629.125.51(42)

Discovery and adventure in the Polar Seas and regions, with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, with a narrative of the recent expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin Leslie, John, Sir 1851 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 55/59(98)

In fair weather and in foul : 30 years of Scottish passenger ships and ferries A photographic review of the ships of the Caledonian MacBrayne line, a successor company of those originally established by David MacBrayne in 1851 and James Williamson who founded the Caledonian Steam Packet Company on the River Clyde in 1889. The book covers a thirty-year period from 1969 when the Scottish Transport Group came into existence and took control of the main shipping services in the Clyde and West Highlands, changing the focus from passenger routes using rail and steamer connections to ferries able to carry cars and road freight. Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd was formed in 1973 and the Clyde and West Highlands fleets were combined. The book covers ships operating in the Clyde and West Highlands prior to unification, the combined fleet thereafter and ferries operating in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. There are detailed descriptions and photographs of the vessels, an index of ship names and an appendix lists major vessels and their routes. 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.3

May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition /edited by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, and Mary Williamson ; with the assistance of Alison Alexander, William Battersby, Matthew Betts, Rick Burrows, A.J. Campbell, Jonathan Dore, Alison Freebairn, Andrew Hill, D.J. Holzhueter, Olga Kimmins, Jonathan Moore, Alexa Price, Frank Michael Schuster, Michael Smith, and Michael Tracy ; foreword by Sir Michael Palin. "May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition to the Arctic. The letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the journey's inception and early planning, going on to recount the ships' departure from the river Thames, their progress up the eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the crew's exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families."--Provided by publisher. 2022 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.9163/27

Communications under the seas : the evolving cable network and its implications /edited by Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.39:327

Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 /Kristin Mann. "As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the nineteenth century, the town of Lagos on West Africa's Bight of Benin became one of the most important port cities north of the equator, Slavery and the Birth of an African City explores the reasons for Lagos's sudden rise to power. By linking the histories of international slave markets to those of the regional suppliers and slave traders, Mann shows how the African slave trade forever altered the destiny of the tiny kingdom of Lagos. This magisterial work uncovers the relationship between African slavery and the growth of one of Africa's most vibrant cities."--book jacket. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1(42:669.199)

The port of Southampton / Ian Collard. ''An Act of Parliament passed in 1836 authorised the Southampton Dock Company to build a dock at Southampton. The foundation stone for the new docks was laid on 12 October 1838. The Eastern Docks were developed in the 1830s and the Inner and Outer Docks were then constructed. The Outer Dock was opened in 1842 and the Inner Dock in 1851, being completed eight years later. As trade and business increased the old facilities proved inadequate and a new dock named Empress Dock was opened by Queen Victoria in 1890. In 1892 the facilities were taken over by the London & South Western Railway Company and in 1923 the Southern Railway took over the management of the docks until nationalization in 1947. The British Transport Board assumed responsibility for Southampton docks in 1963 and in the 1980s they were privatized, becoming Associated British Ports (ABP), Southampton. The Port of Southampton is now the United Kingdom s premier passenger port and is the second largest container facility, handling more than 1.5 million containers each year.''-Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.10942276

Sir John Franklin and the Arctic regions : showing the progress of British enterprise for the discovery of the north-west passage during the nineteenth century Simmonds, P L 1851 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 92Franklin, John

The impact of technological change : the early steamship in Britain /John Armstrong and David M. Williams. Armstrong, John, 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.2(42)"19"

Australian shipwrecks : 1622-1990 Loney, Jack 1972-1991 • BOOK • 5 copies available. 656.61.085.3(94)

Relics of the Franklin Expedition : Discovering Artifacts from the Doomed Arctic Voyage of 1845/Garth Walpole "Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers and personal effects began to be recovered on Canada's King William Island. These relics have since had a life of their own: photographed, analyzed, cataloged and displayed in glass cases in London. This book gives a definitive history of their preservation and exhibition from the Victorian era to the present, richly illustrated with period engravings and photographs, many never before published. Appendices provide the first comprehensive accounting of all expedition relics recovered prior to the 2014 discovery of Franklin's ship HMS Erebus."--Provided by publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069.51

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