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Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia : undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV. and MDCCCLVIII., by order of the court of directors of the Honorable East India Company /by Hermann, Adolphe, and Robert de Schlagintweit Schlagintweit-Sakèunlèunski, Hermann von, 1861-66. • RARE-FOLIO • 4 copies available. 910.4(540):094

The history of the Baltic campaign of 1854 Napier, Charles, Sir 1857 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 355.49"1854"(261.3)

The wonderful canon of logarithms, or, The first table of logarithms with a full description of their use and easy application, both in plane and spherical trigononmetry, as also in all mathematical calculations : invented and published by John Napier ... /re-translated from the Latin text and enlarged with a table of hyperbolic logarithms to all numbers from 1 to 1201 by Herschell Filipowski. 1857. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 519.662(083.5):094

A catalogue of 3735 circumpolar stars : observed at Redhill in the years 1854, 1855, and 1856 and reduced to mean positions for 1855 /by Richard Christopher Carrington Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1857 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 524.3(083.8)

The burning of the Sarah Sands / Roger Willoughby and Alan Coles "The fire aboard the troopship Sarah Sands was an epic story of gallantry that transfixed Victorian Britain. When the ship carrying men of the 54th Regiment to India in 1857 to help quell the Mutiny caught fire in the middle of the ocean with no means of summoning help, those aboard had to deal with the potential disaster themselves. Showing extraordinary courage and discipline, they put out the fire without loss of life and successfully nursed the damaged ship 800 miles to Mauritius. The authors not only tell the story of the fire and of the individuals involved - some heroic, some less so - in this well-illustrated book but have also compiled much medallic information. There is a roll of Indian Mutiny Medals to men aboard, a section on lifesaving awards for the incident, a detailed look at why no Victoria Cross was granted and a list of extant medals."--Provided by the publisher. 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3SARAH SANDS

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

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

The eventful voyage of HM Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of HM Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, 1852, 1853, 1854 M'Dougall, George F 1857 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 623.82Assistance

Insurgent empire : anticolonial resistance and British dissent /Priyamvada Gopal. "Insurgent Empire shows how Britain's enslaved and colonial subjects were active agents in their own liberation. Not only that, they shaped British ideas of freedom and emancipation back in the United Kingdom. Priyamvada Gopal examines dissenting politics in Britain and shows that it was influenced by rebellions and resistance among the colonies in the West Indies, East Africa, Egypt, and India. In addition, a pivotal role in fomenting resistance was played by anticolonial campaigners based in London, right at the heart of empire. Much has been written on how colonized peoples took up British and European ideas and turned them against empire when making claims to freedom and self-determination. Insurgent Empire sets the record straight in demonstrating that these people were much more than victims of imperialism or, subsequently, the passive beneficiaries of an enlightened Western conscience - they were insurgents whose legacy today benefits the culture of the nation that once oppressed them"--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325/.341

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

A brief historical relation of state affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 Luttrell, Narcissus 1857 • BOOK • 6 copies available. 942.066/.069

Seapower ashore : 200 years of Royal Navy operations on land /ed. by Peter Hore. 2001. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 355.327"1799/1999"

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

Calendar of state papers : domestic series : of the reign of James I : 1603-1625 Great Britain.-Public Record Office 1857-1872 • FOLIO • 5 copies available. 930.253.1(421)PRO

On the edge : mapping North America's coasts /Roger M. McCoy. McCoy, Roger M. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9(7)

DP&L : A history of the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd and associated shipping companies /by Graeme Somner. A history of the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd which dates its history back to 1798 with the formation of the Dundee Shipping Company to provide a service to London. The company acquired a number of other businesses through the years and survived the transition from sail to steam. The company sold its last ship, the Kingennie in 1967 but continues to operate in other business areas including travel and leisure. The Appendices include fleet lists of sailing vessels, steamships and motor vessels owned or managed by the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd (1826-1967), the Dundee Shipping Co (1798-1806), Dundee & Perth Shipping Co (1806-1826), Dundee & Perth Union Shipping Co (1819-1826), Dundee & Hull Shipping Co (1824-1857), Dundee & Newcastle Steam Ship Co Ltd (1861-1891), Dundee & Newcastle Shipping Co Ltd (1891-1917), Kirkaldy Steamship Co Ltd, Thomas Cowan, Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co Ltd, Aberdeen & Newcastle Steam Navigation Co (1844-1866), Aberdeen, Grimsby & Hull Steam Packet Co (1855-1863), Aberdeen & Hull Steam Navigation Co (1863-1866), Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co Ltd (1866-1940), VA Cappon Tugs Ltd (1913-1946), Coquet Shipping Co Ltd (1946-1956), John Wilson (1949-1951), Lockett Wilson Ltd (1951-1954), Lockett Wilson Line Ltd (1954-1968), Channel Shipping Ltd (1955-1968), Western Shipping Ltd (1962-1969), David C Thomas (1873-1885), David C Thomas & Son (1885-1913) and the Brussels Steam Ship Co Ltd (1913-1967). A further appendix lists company managers and managing directors from 1826 to the date of publication. 1995. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 347.792Dundee, Perth & London

Pirates and mutineers of the nineteenth century : swashbucklers and swindlers /edited by Grace Moore. This collection examines changes in the representation of the pirate from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the late Victorian period. Gone were the dangerous ruffians of the eighteenth-century novel and in their place emerged a set of brooding and lovable rogues, as exemplified by Byron's Corsair.... Linking the pirate's development as a literary figure with the history of piracy and the making of the modern state tells us much about race, class, and evolving gender relationships. While individual chapters examine key texts like Treasure Island, Dickens's 1857 'mutiny' story in Household Words, and Peter Pan, the collection as a whole interrogates the growth of pirate myths and folklore throughout the nineteenth century and the depiction of their nautical heirs in contemporary literature and culture.--From publisher description. [2011]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1"18"

She-merchants, buccaneers and gentlewomen : British women in India /Katie Hickman. "The first British women to set foot in India did so in the very early seventeenth century, two and a half centuries before the Raj. Women made their way to India for exactly the same reasons men did - to carve out a better life for themselves. In the early days, India was a place where the slates of 'blotted pedigrees' were wiped clean; bankrupts given a chance to make good; a taste for adventure satisfied - for women. They went and worked as milliners, bakers, dress-makers, actresses, portrait painters, maids, shop-keepers, governesses, teachers, boarding house proprietors, midwives, nurses, missionaries, doctors, geologists, plant-collectors, writers, travellers, and - most surprising of all - traders. As wives, courtesans and she-merchants, these tough adventuring women were every bit as intrepid as their men, the buccaneering sea captains and traders in whose wake they followed; their voyages to India were extraordinarily daring leaps into the unknown. The history of the British in India has cast a long shadow over these women; Memsahibs, once a word of respect, is now more likely to be a byword for snobbery and even racism. And it is true: prejudice of every kind - racial, social, imperial, religious - did cloud many aspects of British involvement in India. But was not invariably the case. In this landmark book, celebrated chronicler, Katie Hickman, uncovers stories, until now hidden from history: here is Charlotte Barry, who in 1783 left London a high-class courtesan and arrived in India as Mrs William Hickey, a married 'lady'; Poll Puff who sold her apple puffs for 'upwards of thirty years, growing grey in the service'; Mrs Hudson who in 1617 was refused as a trader in indigo by the East Indian Company, and instead turned a fine penny in cloth; Julia Inglis, a survivor of the siege of Lucknow; Amelia Horne, who witnessed the death of her entire family during the Cawnpore massacres of 1857; and Flora Annie Steel, novelist and a pioneer in the struggle to bring education to purdah women. For some it was painful exile, but for many it was exhilarating. Through diaries, letters and memoirs (many still in manuscript form), this exciting book reveals the extraordinary life and times of hundreds of women who made their way across the sea and changed history."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92-055.2

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

Pulling together : the making of a global maritime trade union /Andrew Linington. "Ship masters and officers may not seem like pioneers of trade unionism. However, this history of their unique union, Nautilus International, shows how they have been pitched into the forefront of a long struggle for decent jobs, fair pay and conditions, employment rights, and health and safety - all in an international industry marked by savage and cut-throat competition. From the formation, in 1857, of the Mercantile Marine Service Association (MMSA) - the foundation stone in the building of today's union - the book explains the remarkable ways in which the union has adapted and developed to meet the changing and complex challenges faced by members. From the provision of specialist welfare services and a global network of legal support to its leading role in the development of the international 'bill of rights' for seafarers, the union and its forerunners have been at the cutting edge of cradle-to-grave support for members."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 331.88113875

Arctic explorations : the Second Grinnell Expedition, in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 Kane, Elisha Kent 1857 • BOOK • 6 copies available. 629.123Advance

Promotion or the bottom of the river : the blue and gray naval careers of Alexander F. Warley, South Carolinian /John M. Stickney. "South Carolinian Alexander F. Warley (1823-1895) was an exceptional naval officer who enjoyed a robust life of far-flung adventures at sea during several dramatic periods in American maritime history. Warley's career began in the 1840s, when he served as a midshipman on Old Ironsides and later took part in the Mexican War. His military exploits reached their zenith when he commanded the CSS Manassas - the first ironclad ship to engage in combat - at New Orleans in October 1861. John M. Stickney's richly detailed biography of Warley as an officer first in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate navy offers a representative example of America's professional military class during the nineteenth century. An ambitious youth of little means, Warley secured an appointment as a midshipman at the age of seventeen through the influence of John C. Calhoun. Over the next two decades of maritime adventures, Warley faced four courts-martial, combat and capture in the Mexican War, and the challenges of rising in the ranks. After South Carolina seceded in December 1860, Warley joined the newly formed Confederate navy and gained recognition for his service at New Orleans, commanding the Manassas until the Confederate defeat there in 1862. Warley's career in the Confederate navy ended with his command of the CSS Albemarle and its destruction at Plymouth, North Carolina. With vivid details and rich narration, Stickney portrays one young man's struggle for glory and success in a divided nation. Using ships logs and naval records, Stickney unravels Warley's naval career and explores the Civil War naval actions that unfolded in New Orleans, Charleston, Galveston, Savannah, and Plymouth during this critical time in American history, revealing the pluck and fortitude of a previously unknown combatant."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WARLEY

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