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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
Results in right ascension of the observations of stars made and reduced ... from 1765 to 1772, from 1779 to 1785, from 1796 to 1801, and from 1803 to 1807 ... together with some results for the declination of stars arranged by the Rev Robert Main ... Maskelyne, Nevil, 1851 • RARE-FOLIO • 4 copies available. 094:520.1-13(421)
A History of naval architecture : to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the application of mathematical science to the art of naval construction /John Fincham. Fincham, John, 1851. • BOOK • 5 copies available. 629.12
The floating prison : the remarkable account of nine years captivity on the British prison hulks during the Napoleonic wars, 1806 to 1814 A translation of Garneray's account of his life as a prisoner of war on board the prison hulks, originally published in French in 1851 as Mes Pontons. Louis Garneray (1783-1857), a marine artist, went to sea at the age of 13, serving on board privateers in the Indian Ocean until captured by the British in 1806. This work records Garneray's confinement on the Prothee, Crown and Vengeance, hulks stationed in Portsmouth harbour, and the Pegase, a hospital ship. In the foreword describing Garneray's life, the translator, Richard Rose, highlights inconsistencies in Garneray's account and casts some doubt on his reliability as a historian and narrator while accepting the accuracy of his depiction of daily life, routines and physical conditions on board the hulks. Garneray went on to become one of the foremost marine painters of his day, having developed his talent during his captivity. The title includes illustrations and plates of paintings by Garneray. Appendices provide lists of the hulks stationed at Portsmouth and French officers on board and on parole, details of Garneray's sources, background on the rafales, women on board, the mortality of prisoners of war, and brief biographies of people connected to the hulks and linked to Garneray's narrative. The work is supported by detailed notes and a bibliography. 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.124.79:343.81
Tracing your family history using the census : a guide for family historians /Emma Jolly. "The census is an essential survey of our population, and it is a source of basic information for local and national government and for various organizations dealing with education, housing, health and transport. Providing the researcher with a fascinating insight into who we were in the past, Emma Jolly's new handbook is a useful tool for anyone keen to discover their family history. With detailed, accessible and authoritative coverage, it is full of advice on how to explore and get the most from the records. Each census from 1841 to 1911 is described in detail, and later censuses are analyzed too. The main focus is on the census in England and Wales, but censuses in Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are all examined and the differences explained. Particular emphasis is placed on the rapidly expanding number of websites that offer census information, making the process of research far easier to carry out. The extensive appendix gathers together all the key resources in one place. Emma Jolly's guide is an ideal introduction and tool for anyone who is researching the life and times of an ancestor." --Provided by the publisher 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.1072041
Port towns and urban cultures : international histories of the waterfront, c.1700-2000 /Brad Beaven, Karl Bell, Robert James, editors. "Despite the port's prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime and urban space, port towns were sites of complex cultural exchanges. This book, the product of international scholarship, offers innovative and challenging perspectives on the cultural histories of ports, ranging from eighteenth-century Africa to twentieth-century Australasia and Europe. The essays in this important collection explore two key themes; the nature and character of 'sailortown' culture and port-town life, and the representations of port towns that were forged both within and beyond urban-maritime communities. The book's exploration of port town identities and cultures, and its use of a rich array of methodological approaches and cultural artefacts, will make it of great interest to both urban and maritime historians. It also represents a major contribution to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of coastal studies."--Provided by the publisher. [2016] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.1/09
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 : with an appendix on the physical geography of North America Richardson, John,-Sir, 1851 • RARE-BOOK • 6 copies available. 910.4(987)"1847/1849"
Nouvelles tables astronomiques et hydrographiques / par V. Bagay Bagay, Valentin, 1829 • RARE-BOOK • 12 copies available. 519.662(083.5):094
An explanation of the observed irregularities in the motion of uranus : on the hypothesis of disturbances caused by a more distant planet; with a determination of the mass, orbit, and position of the disturbing body /by J. C. Adam, Esq., M.A., fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society; and of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Adams, John Couch, 1846 • RARE-BOOK • 7 copies available. 523.47:094
Astronomical observations made at the Observatory of Cambridge Challis, James 1834-1890 • RARE-FOLIO • 17 copies available. 520.1
Empire & Commonwealth: archives of the Royal Commonwealth Soicety Archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society from Cambridge University Library • MICROFILM • 43 copies available. 942.06:941-44