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A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander : for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage /by John Ross. Ross, John,-Sir, 1819. • RARE-BOOK • 6 copies available. 094:910.4(987)"1818"

Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors : read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1857, June 6. Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1857 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.1:094

Map of the basin of La Plata : based upon the results of the expedition under the command of Thos. J. Page, U.S. Navy, in the years 1853, '54, '55, & '56. and of the adjacent countries. Compiled from the best authorities /engd. on stone by J. Bien, 60 Fulton St. N.Y. Bien, Julius, circa 1856 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 912.43(261.683):094

Union-Castle Line : sailing like clockwork /Mike Roussel and Sam Warwick. A history of the Union-Castle line from its origins as the Union Steam Collier Company formed in 1853 by Arthur Anderson until the company's termination in 1977. The company changed its name to the Union Steam Ship Company Limited in 1856, and to the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited following its merger with rival Donald Currie's Castle Line in 1900. The company went on to acquire the King Line in 1949 and merged with the Clan Line in 1956 to come under the control of the Cayzer family's British & Commonwealth Shipping Company. Primarily providing mail services between Britain and South Africa, the line carried passengers including prospectors to the South African goldfields and troops to the Boer War and First and Second World Wars. Several vessels operated as hospital ships and supply vessels. Covering the development of the line's business operations, the narrative includes details of wrecks and losses, life on board based on travellers' diaries and the personal recollections of serving crew and passengers. Illustrated throughout with photographs of ships, their interiors, crew members and advertising material. Fleet lists of the Union, Castle and Union-Castle Lines are provided. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792UNION CASTLE

Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors : read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1863, June 6. Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1863 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.1:094

Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors : read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1861, June 1. Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1861 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.1:094

The art of a nation : three centuries of Irish painting /Jonathan Benington [and others] ; edited by William Laffan. An illustrated catalogue for an exhibition of Irish paintings from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries held at Pyms Gallery in London. The catalogue comprises 30 artists: Charles Collins (c. 1700-1744); Judith Lewis (1711-1781); Nathaniel Hone the Elder (1718-1784); Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1806); George Mullins (active 1756-1775/6); Matthew William Peters (1741-1814); Joseph Wilson (active 1756-d. 1793); John Boyne (c. 1750-1810); George Chinnery (1774-1852); James Arthur O'Connor (1792-1841); William Henry Maguire (1806-1853), Irish School (1837); Nathaniel Hone (1831-1917); John Butler Yeats (1839-1922); Howard Helmick (1845-1907); Sarah Purser (1848-1943); Sir John Lavery (1856-1941); Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1914); William Henry Bartlett (1858-1914); Walter Frederick Osborne (1859-1903); Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940); Grace Henry (1868-1953); Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957); Paul Henry (1876-1958); Sir William Orpen (1878-1931); William John Leech (1881-1968); Mary Swanzy (1882-1978); Frederick Edward McWilliam (1909-1992); Colin Middleton (1910-1983); and William Scott (1913-1989). 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 75(415)

A mind at sea : Henry Fry and the glorious era of Quebec's sailing ships /John Fry. "A Mind at Sea is an intimate window into a vanished time when Canada was among the world's great maritime countries. Between 1856 and 1877, Henry Fry was the Lloyd's agent for the St. Lawrence River, east of Montreal. The harbour coves below his home in Quebec were crammed with immense rafts of cut wood, the river's shoreline sprawled with yards where giant square-rigged ships - many owned by Fry - were built. As the president of Canada's Dominion Board of Trade, Fry was at the epicentre of wealth and influence. His home city of Quebec served as the capital of the province of Canada, while its port was often the scene of raw criminality. He fought vigorously against the kidnapping of sailors and the dangerous practice of deck loading. He also battled against and overcame his personal demon - mental depression - going on to write many ship histories and essays on U.S.-Canada relations. Fry was a colourful figure and a reformer who interacted with the famous figures of the day, including Lord and Lady Dufferin, Sir John A. Macdonald, Wilfrid Laurier, and Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, Quebec's lieutenant-governor."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FRY

The Mercantile Navy list. 1847-1977. • JOURNAL • 2 copies available.

Convicts in the colonies : transportation tales from Britain to Australia /Lucy Williams. "In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported 'beyond the seas.' These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empire's most remote colony: Australia. Through vivid real-life case studies and famous tales of the exceptional and extraordinary, Convicts in the Colonies narrates the history of convict transportation to Australia, from the first to the final fleet. Using the latest original research, Convicts in the Colonies reveals a fascinating century-long history of British convicts unlike any other. Covering everything from crime and sentencing in Britain and the perilous voyage to Australia, to life in each of the three main penal colonies , New South Wales, Van Diemenis Land, and Western Australiaii this book charts the lives and experiences of the men and women who crossed the world and underwent one of the most extraordinary punishment in history."--Publisher's description. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.51(94)

Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors : read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1860, June 2. and Address of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors, 1860, May 12. Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1860 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.1:094

J.F. Encke's astronomische Abhandlungen : zusammengestellt aus den Jahrgèangen 1830 bis 1862 des Berliner astronomischen Jahrbuches nebst drei in diesen Jahrgèangen enthaltenen Abhandlungen /von Bessel, Olbers, und Bremicker. 1866. • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 52"1830/1862":094

Religion in the British Navy 1815-1879 : piety and professionalism /Richard Blake. "This book examines how, as the nineteenth century progressed, religious piety, especially evangelical piety, was seen in the British navy less as eccentric and marginal and more as an essential ingredient of the character looked for in professional seamen. The book traces the complex interplay between formal religious observance, such as Sunday worship, and pockets of zealous piety, showing how evangelicalism gradually earned less grudging regard, until in the 1860s and 1870s it became a dominant source of values and a force for moral reform. Religion in the British Navy explains this shift, outlining how Arctic expeditions showed the need for dependability and character, how Health Returns revealed the full extent of sexual licence and demonstrated the urgency of moral reform, and how manning difficulties in the Russian War of 1854-1856 showed that a modern fleet required a new type of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. The book also discusses how the navy, with its newly awakened religious sensibilities, played a major role in the expansion of Protestant missions globally, in exploration, convict transportation, the expansion of imperial frontiers, and worldwide maritime policing operations. Fervent piety had an effect in all these areas - religion had helped develop a new kind of manliness where piety as well as daring had a place."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.233.232"1815/1879"

Natural versed sines from 0 to 125, and logarithmic versed sines from 0 to 135 or 0 to 9 used in computing lunar distances for the Nautical Almanac. Farley,-Mr., 1856 • RARE-FOLIO • 3 copies available. 059

By sea to the Channel Islands : from packet boats and steamers to ro-pax and catamarans /Richard Kirkman "The sea passage between England and the Channel Islands has long provided a lifeline link for the island communities across some of the most treacherous waters around these coasts. The story of these shipping routes is one of periods of intense competition and quieter monopoly, wartime drama and tragic accidents, across a broad range of routes leaving from the West Country to London. For many years services were closely linked to the operations of English railway companies, being instrumental in building tourism to the islands, whilst supporting the development of growing industries in both Guernsey and Jersey. 'Channel Islands - by Sea' brings together for the first time the full history of these routes from the earliest days of packet services to modern catamaran operations, through fresh research and insight into this remarkable story."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.022

John Brett : Pre-Raphaelite landscape painter /Christiana Payne ; and Charles Brett. "Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sketchbooks, journals and writings, this essential guide to John Brett (1831-1902) investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. As well as the familiar early works, including 'The Val d'Aosta' and 'The Stonebreaker', it provides rich information on his later, less-known coastal and marine paintings. Brett's turbulent friendship with John Ruskin is discussed, as are his relations with his beloved sister Rosa, and his partner Mary, with whom he had seven children. His fervent interest in astronomy, his love of the sea, and his lifelong pursuit of wealth and recognition are all examined in this reassessment, which concludes with a catalogue raisonne of his works, prepared by his descendent Charles Brett"--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 759.2

Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West Passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 / by Sir John Ross. Ross, John,-Sir, 1835. • RARE-FOLIO • 9 copies available. 094:910.4(987)"1829/1833"

A gazetteer of the world, or dictionary of geographical knowledge ... 1856 • BOOK • 7 copies available. 91(03)

On the backs of others : rethinking the history of British geographical exploration /Edward Armston-Sheret. "Edward Armston-Sheret offers new perspectives on British exploration during the Victorian and Edwardian eras by focusing on the contributions of those people and animals ordinarily written out of mainstream histories on this era of travel"-- 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.941/09034

Address of the Astronomer Royal to the individual members of the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1865, October 21: and Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory Greenwich : read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1866, June 2. Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1866 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.1:094

The Times history of the world in maps : the rise and fall of empires, countries and cities. From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps the world has rapidly evolved and cartography has kept pace with these changes. In this book, over 60 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 912.43(100)".../20"

Captain James Carlin : Anglo-American blockade-runner /Colin Carlin. "Captain James Carlin is a biography of a shadowy nineteenth-century British Confederate, James Carlin (1833-1921), who was among the most successful captains running the U.S. Navy's blockade of Southern ports during the Civil War. Written by his descendent Colin Carlin, Captain James Carlin ventures behind the scenes of this perilous trade that transported vital supplies to the Confederate forces. An Englishman trained in the British merchant marine, Carlin was recruited into the U.S. Coastal and Geodetic Survey Department in 1856, spending four years charting the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. Married and settled in Charleston, South Carolina, he resigned from the survey in 1860 to resume his maritime career. His blockade-running started with early runs into Charleston under sail. These came to a lively conclusion under gunfire off the Stono River mouth. More blockade-running followed until his capture on the SS Memphis. Documents in London reveal the politics of securing Carlin's release from Fort Lafayette. On Carlin's return to Charleston, General P. G. T. Beauregard gave him command of the spar torpedo launch Torch for an attack on the USS New Ironsides. After more successful trips though the blockade, he was appointed superintending captain of the South Carolina Importing and Exporting Company and moved to Scotland to commission six new steam runners. After the war Carlin returned to the Southern states to secure his assets before embarking on a gun-running expedition to the northern coast of Cuba for the Cuban Liberation Junta fighting to free the island from Spanish control and plantation slavery."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CARLIN

The British Navy in the Baltic / John D. Grainger. "This book presents a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century. It traces developments from Anglo-Saxon times, through the medieval period when there were frequent disputes between English kings and the Hanseatic League, the seventeenth-century wars with the Dutch, and Britain's involvement in the Northern Wars in the early years of the eighteenth century. It considers in detail the major period of British involvement in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British navy fought the Danes, Napoleon's allies, and was highly effective in ensuring Sweden's neutrality and Russia's change of allegiance. It goes on to discuss British naval actions in the Baltic during the Crimean War and in the First World War and its aftermath. Throughout, the book relates naval actions to patterns of trade, to wider international politics, and to geographical factors such as winter sea ice and the shallow nature of the Baltic Sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"800/1950"(42)

Adrift : a true story of tragedy on the icy Atlantic and the one who lived to tell about it /Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou. "The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and thirteen souls. Only one would survive. This is his story. As they started their nine days adrift more than four hundred miles off Newfoundland, the castaways - an Irish couple and their two boys, an English woman and her daughter, newlyweds from Ireland, and several crewmen, including Thomas W. Nye from Bedford, Massachusetts - began fighting over food and water. One by one, though, day by day, they died. Some from exposure, others from madness and panic. In the end, only Nye and his journal survived. Using Nye's journal and his later newspaper accounts, ship's logs, assorted diaries, and family archives, Brian Murphy chronicles the horrific nine days that thirteen people suffered adrift on the cold gray Atlantic sea. In the tradition of bestsellers such as Into Thin Air and In the Heart of the Sea, Adrift brings readers to the edge of human limits, where every frantic decision and every desperate act is a potential life saver or life taker."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.9163/4

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