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North Atlantic packets : departures & arrivals, 1818-1840 /by James R. Pullin. Includes lists of ship sailing data between 1818 and 1840 for six packet lines : Black Ball, Red Star, Dramatic, Blue Swallowtail, Red Swallowtail and Black X, indexed by ship and captains' names. Also includes well illustrated sections on postal markings and covers from original letters. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(261)"18":656.835
Hitler's Navy : a reference guide to the Kriegsmarine 1935-1945 /Jak P. Mallmann Showell ; with a section on uniforms by Gordon Williamson. Showell, Jak P. Mallmann. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(43)
The British naval staff in the First World War / Nicholas Black. Black, Nicholas 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)"1914/1919"
Nelson's navy in fiction and film : depictions of British sea power in the Napoleonic era /Sue Parrill. Summarises and critiques some 250 novels and 25 films, examining their portrayal of the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic era. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 823.009/358402745
British narratives of exploration : case studies on the self and other 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(42)"13/18"
The Shackleton letters : behind the scenes of the Nimrod expedition /by Regina W. Daly. In 1907 Ernest Shackleton set sail in the Nimrod to further explore the Antarctic. Here is the story of the expedition together with 165 letters and telegrams between, Shackleton, Captain Scott, the Royal Geographical Society and many others exploring the background of the expedition, the various journeys on ice and the reception they received on their return to England. Also included are Shackleton's intimate letters to his wife, Emily, and to Elspeth Beardmore. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(99)"1907/1909"
Looking for the silver lining : a British family's shipowning century, 1875-1975 /Martin Barraclough. A history of the Barraclough family's involvement in shipping from 1875, including the formation of the shipowning partnership between Ernest Alfred Webster and Thomas Barraclough in 1899, and the companies Dene Shipping, Silver Line and Seabridge. The book is illustrated with photographs of family members, ships, launches, documentation relating to the companies and newspaper cuttings. Fleet lists are provided for each company. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792SILVER
Black 1919 : riots, resistance and racism in imperial Britain /Jacqueline Jenkinson. Jenkinson, Jacqueline, 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.00496
Museums and empire : natural history, human cultures and colonial identities /John M. MacKenzie. MacKenzie, John M.-(John MacDonald), 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.2:069
Captain Oates : soldier and explorer /Sue Limb and Patrick Cordingley. A biography of Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, covering his childhood and service with the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons in the Boer War, Ireland, Egypt and India. The final chapters deal with the formation of the 1910-13 Terra Nova Antarctic expedition led by Captain Scott, its voyage, the journey to the pole and Oates' death. The authors' sources include Oates' letters and journal entries. The text is illustrated with photographs. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92OATES
Australia pilot. east coast of Australia from North Head to Cape York; Great Barrier Reef, islands and reefs of Coral Sea; Great North East Channel; Torres Strait; south coast of Papua New Guinea between South Cape and the meridian of 141À 01' E. Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83
Australia pilot. east coast of Australia from North Head to Cape York; Great Barrier Reef, islands and reefs of Coral Sea; Great North East Channel; Torres Strait; south coast of Papua New Guinea between South Cape and the meridian of 141À 01' E. Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 2012 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83
Admiral Sir John Norris : and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea 1715-1727 /David Denis Aldridge. This book covers the naval, military, political and diplomatic history of Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, England and Russia during the Great Northern War. It is chiefly a biographical study of Norris who commanded British expeditions in the Baltic Sea. The British naval presence was important for Britain's diplomacy and trade with the Baltic powers. Norris was a serving naval officer but also a representative of George I, whose dual role as King of England and Elector of Hanover placed him in a difficult political situation regarding the Northern powers. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Reconfiguring slavery : West African trajectories /edited by Benedetta Rossi. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1(6-15)
The image of Europe : visualizing Europe in cartography and iconography throughout the ages /Michael Wintle. Wintle, Michael J. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.04(4)
We shall fight on the beaches : defying Napoleon & Hitler, 1805 and 1940 /Brian Lavery. Lavery, Brian. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1805+1940"
The imperial map : cartography and the mastery of empire /edited by James R. Akerman. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9
Admiralty tide tables. United Kingdom and Ireland including European Channel ports. Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office 2009. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 551.466.74
Young Nelsons : boy sailors during the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815 /D.A.B. Ronald ; foreword by Alexander Kent. Ronald, D.A.B. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124"1793/1815"-055.15
Antarctic destinies : Scott, Shackleton, and the changing face of heroism /Stephanie Barczewski. Barczewski, Stephanie L. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(99)
Chocolate, women and empire : a social and cultural history /Emma Robertson. From 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' to 'Chocolat', chocolate has a special place in Western culture. But what are the hidden histories behind this luxurious commodity? This book examines chocolate production from cocoa bean to chocolate box, illuminating the dynamics of gender, race and empire which have structured the cocoa chain. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44:663.918.4-055.2
Mysteries and discoveries of archaeoastronomy : from Giza to Easter Island /Giulio Magli. Magli, Giulio, 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 52:902"63"
The fighting Temeraire / Sam Willis. Willis, Sam. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82TEMERAIRE
Men of war : courage under fire in the nineteenth-century navy /David Crane. Crane, David, 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0092241