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North Sea battleground : the war and sea 1914-1918 /Bryan Perrett. "During the First World War the North Sea became the principal battleground between the navies of Britain and Germany. This book explains in chronological order the major encounters between Kaiser Wilhelm II's High Seas Fleet and the Royal Navy. It also includes other important operations such as mine laying and sweeping, the Zeppelin Offensive, the bomber offensive against the UK and complete background operational information within the area. Engagements of special note include The Battle of Heligoland Bight, the attempted first German Bombardment of Yarmouth, the German bombardments of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool, together with the Scheer's escape and the Battle of Dogger Bank. Other actions include the Zeppelin raids, unrestricted U Boat Warfare, the Battle of Jutland and its consequences, the second Battle of Heligoland Bight, the climax and defeat of the German heavy bomber air offensive against the UK and in 1918 the Zeebrugge and Ostend raids, North Sea mine barriers and the mutiny of the High Seas Fleet."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.45

Imperial landscapes : Britain's global visual culture, 1745-1820 /John E. Crowley. "In response to conquests in mid-18th-century wars, Britons developed a keen interest in how their colonies actually looked. Artistic representations of these faraway places, claiming topographic accuracy from being 'drawn on the spot', became increasingly frequent as the British Empire extended its reach during and after the Seven Years War. This is the first book to examine the country's early imperial landscape art from a broad comparative perspective. Chapters on the West Indies, Canada, the United States, the Pacific, Australia, and India show how British artists linked colonial territories with their homeland. This is both a ravishingly beautiful art book and a historical analysis of how British visual culture entwined with the politics of colonisation."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 704.9/436171241

E-boat vs MTB : the English Channel 1941-45 /Gordon Williamson. "During the Second World War, German E-Boats were so active in the English Channel that the narrow stretch of water became known as 'E-Boat Alley'. To counter the threat of these E-Boats, Britain brought its coastal forces to bear ? flotillas of small Motor Torpedo and Gun Boats (MTBs and MGBs) and Motor Launches (MLs). As the Germans sought to maintain their supremacy in Channel waters, they continued to develop their E-Boat designs to accommodate more armour and more firepower. Rather than matching the newer E-Boats for armament, the British developed several types to fulfill the varied roles for which the Kriegsmarine were attempting to use the E-Boat."--Porvided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545941

Towards world heritage : international origins of the preservation movement, 1870-1930 /edited by Melanie Hall. "Historic preservation, whether of landscapes or buildings, was an important development of the nineteenth century in many countries. There is however surprisingly little understanding about how it took place, and research into it is narrowly focused. For example, generally landscape preservation from this time is examined separately from buildings; preservation is seen in terms of national narratives, or considered within the contexts of area studies, and it is usually seen from a specific disciplinary perspective. All of these later categorizations did not apply at the time and consequently, a very partial view is achieved. In order to begin unlocking a very complex phenomenon that has helped to define our own age, this dynamic collection of essays brings together a transdisciplinary line-up of academics and practitioners to reconsider preservation's origins in the second half of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries. With a focus on Britain and the British Empire, this book places preservation in imperial, international, and national contexts, demonstrating that there was far more interaction between different countries in this arena than may be supposed and revealing remarkable but hitherto hidden overlaps and intersections. Although the focus is on architectural preservation, this book demonstrates that, in this formative period, the preservation of landscape and buildings need to be considered together - as they were at the time. The conclusion reached is that the preservation movement has to be understood in imperial and international contexts, rather than in simply national or regional ones."--Back cover. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 72.02"18/19"

Roald Amundsen / Tor Bomann-Larsen ; foreword by Pen Hadow. "On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first human beings to reach the South Pole, just over a month before Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. Amundsen had already led the first expedition to traverse the North West Passage, and would go on to lead the first successful attempt to cross the Arctic by air (perhaps even becoming the first to reach the North Pole, according to some interpretations). Yet his personal life was complex to say the least, with a string of mistresses, including Eskimo girls he brought back to Norway, and a poisonous relationship with his brother. He disappeared in 1928 while taking part in an airborne rescue mission in the Arctic; his body was never found. Written by acclaimed Norwegian author Tor Bomann-Larsen, and with a foreword by Polar explorer Pen Hadow, this compelling biography - the first of its kind to be published in English - draws on an incredible discovery of over 15,000 letters and papers in a barn outside Oslo and looks beyond the familiar image of the hero. Together with vivid first-hand accounts from Amundsen and his crew, the explorer's life is revealed to an extent that has never before been possible."--Back cover. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92AMUNDSEN

Front line harbour : a history of the Port of Dover /Anthony Lane. "Made famous by its position, the port of Dover has proved of great importance to the nation in war and peace over many centuries. A Roman stronghold, it became a major Cinque Port after the Norman Conquest. Following the murder of Thomas Beckett at Canterbury in 1170, it became a place of transit for many pilgrims, encouraging Henry II to improve the remarkable castle we know today. Henry VIII and Elizabeth I made great efforts to improve the often threatened harbour, where, in 1660, Charles II returned to Dover to re-establish the monarchy. In the past, in peacetime, the town welcomed monarchs and statesmen from all over the world who arrived by sea. The Admiralty Grand Harbour provided a base for the Dover Patrol and a receiving station for more than a million wounded in the First World War. Similarly, in 1940, the major part of the British Army retreating from Dunkirk was landed at Dover. This highly illustrated book describes the development of the harbour over the last 500 years and its associated shipping activities, commercial and naval, particularly the cross-Channel ferries, which have considerably increased in size and number in recent times to cater for the enormous number of passengers, cars and trucks which nowadays cross to and from France. Dover remains on the Front Line in road communications with Europe."--Back cover. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.2(422.3)

Masting and rigging the clipper ship and ocean carrier : with authentic plans, working drawings and details of the nineteenth and twentieth century sailing ship Underhill, Harold A 1946 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 629.123.13

The diaries of Ronald Tritton : War Office Publicity Officer : 1940-45 /ed. by Fred McGlade ; foreword by Lord Puttnam. "Ronnie Tritton was recruited in 1940 for the position of War Office Publicity Officer by Major-General Beith, Director of Public Relations at the War Office, to transform the dysfunctional department. The first civilian to hold the post, it was hoped his professional skills gained in Public Relations for the Savoy Hotel Group would be a valuable tool to overcome the British Army's negativity towards the use of any form of visual publicity. Internal conflicts between the service film units, the newsreel companies and the Americans proved a difficult balancing act for Tritton, as these diaries reveal. They are also an invaluable source of evidence not only for the growth and war effort of the Army Film Unit /Army Film & Photographic Unit, but also for the newsreels. With the support of Major-General Edgeworth-Johnstone, the Assistant Director of Public Relations, Ronnie Tritton became the catalyst for the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, despite considerable military and political opposition. This unit was to grow in strength and professionalism throughout the conflict, producing some of the most frequently used film and photographic material of the war. The diaries also provide a record of life at the Savoy Hotel, London, during World War II (Tritton was on a retainer there and counted David Niven amongst his friends) and a wonderfully evocative, almost tangible sense of London and life in the south of England during those years."--Back cover. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92TRITTON

The German invasion of Norway, April 1940 / Geirr H. Haarr. "This new book documents the German invasion of Norway, focussing on the events at sea. More than most other campaigns of WWII, Operation Weserèubung has been shrouded in mystery, legend and flawed knowledge. Strategic, political and legal issues were at best unclear, while military issues were dominated by risk; the German success was the result of improvisation and the application of available forces far beyond the comprehension of British and Norwegian military and civilian authorities. Weserèubung was the first combined operation ever where air force, army and navy operated closely together. Troops were transported directly into battle simultaneously by warship and aircraft, and success required co-operation between normally fiercely competing services. It was also the first time that paratroopers were used. The following days were to witness the first dive bomber attack to sink a major warship and the first carrier task-force operations. The narrative is based on primary sources from British, German and Norwegian archives, and it gives a balanced account of the reasons behind the invasion. With its unrivalled collection of photographs, many of which have never before appeared in print, this is a major new WWII history and a definitive account of Germany's first and last major seaborne invasion."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(481)

Food for the flames : idols and missionaries in central Polynesia /David Shaw King ; photography by Brian Carlson ; foreword by David Attenborough. In this companion to his previous book, The Bible in Early English Literature, David Fowler completes his stimulating and broad-ranging study of medieval English literature in the light of biblical tradition. As in the first volume, he both provides a broad general view of literary trends and closely examines representative works that illustrate these trends. 2011. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 306.460996

Lloyd's Register of Ships. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Firm : 1914- ) 1764- • JOURNAL • 2 copies available.

Critical conflict : the Royal Navy's Mediterranean campaign in 1940 /Peter C. Smith. "Critical Conflict is a fascinating and comprehensive account of the British fight to secure the most pivotal waterway of the Second World War - the Mediterranean. During 1940 Churchill and the War Cabinet regarded safe passage for British ships in the Mediterranean Sea to be of paramount importance. Despite the catastrophic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the threat of imminent invasion from across the English Channel, it was considered that the vital trade routes to North Africa and the Middle East must be kept open. The German Kreigsmarine were at that time committed to North Sea and Atlantic naval forays. The French surrender left their fleet in disarray, some wishing to fight against their invaders and others supporting the Vichy government. The Royal Navy finally put matters to rest with the destruction of the French fleet in Toulon, an unsavoury but entirely necessary act of war. However, there remained the powerful and modern Italian fleet which, if allowed to run amok within the Mediterranean, could cause mayhem for the Allies. Their fleet had to be destroyed at all costs. This is the story of how this was achieved during 1940."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(42)

Cook-voyage collections of 'artificial curiosities' in Britain and Ireland, 1771-2015 / edited by Jeremy Coote. "Cook-Voyage Collections of 'Artificial Curiosities' in Britain and Ireland, 1771-2015 comprises detailed accounts of some of the most important ethnographic collections from Cook voyages, including those of the British Museum, the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, the National Museum of Ireland (ex Trinity College Dublin), and National Museums Scotland. As well as providing a wealth of new information about what was collected on the voyages and how it was distributed - including illustrated accounts of recently identified objects at the British Museum, the Bowes Museum, and elsewhere - the volume also contains detailed accounts of what has been done with the collections from the time of their arrival in Britain and Ireland in the 1770s through to today. Contents: 300 pp., 106 black-and-white figures; Jeremy Coote, 'Introduction'; Jennifer Newell, 'Revisiting Cook at the British Museum'; Amiria Salmond, 'Artefacts of Encounter: The Cook-Voyage Collections in Cambridge'; Jeremy Coote, 'The Cook-Voyage Collections at Oxford, 1772-2015'; Rachel Hand, '"A Number of Highly Interesting Objects": The Cook-Voyage Collections of Trinity College Dublin'; Dale Idiens and Chantal Knowles, 'Cook-Voyage Collections in Edinburgh, 1775-2011'; Leslie Jessop, 'Cook-Voyage Collections in North-East England, with a Preliminary Report on a Group of Måaori Pendants Apparently Traceable to the First Voyage'; Adrienne L. Kaeppler, 'From the South Seas to the World (via London)'."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Russian imperialism and naval power : military strategy and the build-up to the Russo-Japanese war /Nicholas Papastratigakis. "From 1904-1905, Russia and Japan were locked in conflict arising from rival imperial ambitions in the Far East. Nicholas Papastratigakis offers an integrated analysis of Russian naval strategy in the decade before this Russo-Japanese War, in which the Russians suffered catastrophic defeat. He seeks to determine the extent to which their defeat can be attributed to flawed Tsarist naval strategy in the region. Rooted in rich primary resources from Russian, French and British archives, the book sheds new light on Russia's conduct in international affairs in the pre-World War I era. He places Russian naval strategy in the broader context of Russian military strategy at the turn of the century, and of imperialism and 'navalism' in general. This book will be of enormous interest to scholars and students of naval, military, imperial and Russian history."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1904/1905"(47:52)

Cardiff's vanished docklands / Brian Lee. "Before the Industrial Revolution Cardiff was a sleepy little town on the South Wales coast. That was until mules started arriving laden with coal from the Welsh valleys. The Industrial Revolution took hold, the coal and iron trade took off and a vast complex of docks spread rapidly around the town's natural harbour. The Glamorganshire Canal was built to transport the iron and coal, the railway arrived, and by the late nineteenth century Cardiff had become the largest coal-exporting port in the world. Ships sailed in and out of the harbour from all over the globe. Large numbers of migrant workers were attracted to the area creating the vibrant multi-national community of Butetown. But the decline in the coal and iron industries after the Second World War sounded the death knell for Cardiff's Docklands. By the 1960s Tiger Bay had become a scene of dereliction and with a final sweep of the bulldozers a whole way of life disappeared. Brian Lee tells the fascinating story of this exciting period in Cardiff's history, illustrated with his selection of more than 200 remarkable photographs which capture the spirit of the era: huge new docks opening, cargoes swinging from ship to shore, warehouses filled to overflowing, streets and pubs a flurry of activity, royal visits and carnivals, and a multitude of different vessels."--Provided y the publisher. 2006. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 627.3(429.7)

Commemoration of the four great naval victories obtained by the English during the late war : Earl Howe's over the French off Ushant, June 1 1794; Earl St Vincent's over the Spaniards off Cape St Vincent, February 14 1797; Lord Viscount Duncan's over the Dutch, off Camperdown, October 11 1797; Lord Viscount Nelson's over the French, in the Bay of Aboukir, August 1, 1798 :in emblematical engravings ... with portraits of all the admirals and captains who so gloriously distinguished themsleves in these engagements, taken from life, or from original pictures :to which is annexed, a full and authentic account of each action, including the different interesting events that occurred previous or subsequent to them /by R. Smirke. Smirke, R 1803. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 355.49"1794/1798"(084.1)

The first panoramas : visions of British imperialism /Denise Blake Oleksijczuk. "The First Panoramas is a cultural history of the first three decades of the panorama, a three-hundred-sixty-degree visual medium patented by the artist Robert Barker in Britain in 1787. A towering two-story architectural construction inside which spectators gazed on a 10,000-square-foot painting, Barker's new technology was designed to create an impression of total verisimilitude for the observer. In the beautifully illustrated The First Panoramas, Denise Blake Oleksijczuk demonstrates the complexity of the panoramas' history and cultural impact, exploring specific exhibits: View of Edinburgh and the Adjacent Country from the Calton Hill (1788), View of London from the Roof of the Albion Mill (1791), View of the Grand Fleet Moored at Spithead (1793), and the two different versions of View of Constantinople (1801). In addition to the art itself, she examines the panoramas' intriguing descriptive keys--single-sheet diagrams that directed spectators to important sites in the representation, which evolved over time to give the observer greater perceptual control over the view. Using the surviving evidence, much of it never published before, on the early exhibitions of these massive installations, Oleksijczuk reconstructs the relationships between specific paintings, their accompanying printed guides, and the collective experiences of different audiences. She argues that by transporting its spectators to increasingly distant locations, first in the city and country and then in the world beyond Britain's borders, the panorama created a spatial and temporal disjunction between "here" and "there" that helped to forge new national and social identities"--Provided by publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.047(42)"17"

The German fleet at war, 1939-1945 / Vincent P. O'Hara. "The German Fleet at War relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles fought by Germany's major warships against the large warships of the British, French, American, Polish, Soviet, Norwegian and Greek navies. It emphasizes operational details but also paints a broad overview of the naval war. The book addresses the lack of information about the specifics of naval engagements in World War II and provides a database of naval engagements for comparison and analysis, but unlike most reference works, it has a continuous narrative and a theme. The result is a unique overview of the German and Allied navies at war that provides new appreciation of their activities and accomplishments."--Publisher description. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(43)"1939/1945"

Time and the French Revolution : the Republican calendar, 1789-year XIV /Matthew Shaw. "The French Republican Calendar was perhaps the boldest of all the reforms undertaken in Revolutionary France. Introduced in 1793 and used until 1806, the Calendar not only reformed the weeks and months of the year, but decimalised the hours of the day and dated the year from the beginning of the French Republic. This book not only provides a history of the calendar, but places it in the context of eighteenth-century time-consciousness, arguing that the French were adept at working within several systems of time-keeping, whether that of the Church, civil society, or the rhythms of the seasons. Developments in time-keeping technology and changes in working patterns challenged early-modern temporalities, and the new calendar can also be viewed as a step on the path toward a more modern conception of time. In this context, the creation of the calendar is viewed not just as an aspect of the broader republican programme of social, political and cultural reform, but as a reflection of a broader interest in time and the culmination of several generations' concern with how society should be policed."--Publisher's description. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1793/1806"(44):529.5

The art of Captain Cook's voyages / Rèudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith. Joppien, Rudiger, 1985-1988. • FOLIO • 11 copies available. 910/.92/4

Nelson's first love : Fanny's story /Patrick Delaforce. "Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was one of England's famous folk heroes, about whom many famous writers have written. Nelson's mistress Lady Emma Hamilton has also had excellent biographies written about her. However Lady Frances 'Fanny' Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, was Nelson's beloved wife for fourteen years. Of good family, brought up in the rich plantation life on Nevis in the West Indies, she married a completely unknown naval captain in 1787. He was very unpopular locally, had no particular prospects, lived on his pay and was no 'catch' at all. Fanny was his loyal devoted wife - and his equally devoted widow - until she died in London in 1831 at the age of 70. Most biographers of Nelson have failed to give her more than a cursory glance, hypnotised as they have been by the dynamic sea captain and his mistress. Fanny was handsome, highly intelligent, well read, spoke excellent French, always dressed fashionably, painted watercolours better than most, and played the piano. She wrote entertaining letters, had a wide circle of friends, was presented at court and was a favourite with all the Lords of the Admiralty and their wives. She lived a long and interesting life, in London, Bath, Paris and Devon. Although she failed to give Nelson a child, she did give him her son by her first marriage, Josiah Nisbet, to whom the Admiral was deeply attached. This is the strange story of a mother and her son and their intimate relationship with England's greatest naval hero."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON, FRANCES

Inigo Jones : the architect of kings /Vaughan Hart. Inigo Jones (1573-1652) is widely acknowledged to have been England's most important architect. As court designer to the Stuart kings James I and Charles I, he is credited with introducing the classical language of architecture to the country. He famously travelled to Italy and studied firsthand the buildings of the Italian masters, particularly admiring those by Andrea Palladio. Much less well-known is the profound influence of native British arts and crafts on Jones' architecture. Likewise, his hostility to the more opulent forms of Italian architecture he saw on his travels has largely gone unnoted. This book examines both of these overlooked issues. Vaughan Hart identifies well-established links between the classical column and the crown prior to Jones, in early Stuart masques, processions, heraldry, paintings, and poems. He goes on to discuss Jones' preference for a 'masculine and unaffected' architecture, demonstrating that this plain style was consistent with the Puritan artistic sensitivities of Stuart England. For the first time, the work of Inigo Jones is understood in its national religious and political context. 2011. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 725.1(42)

The canal pioneers : Brindley's School of Engineers /Christopher Lewis. "James Brindley was the pioneer of the practical age of canal construction in eighteenth-century Britain. Unlike John Smeaton, Brindley was untutored, and began his work as an apprentice millwright. However, it was Brindley who developed and laid down the principles of early canal construction. The surveying and building of what was the beginning of a national system of canals was too great for one man. Brindley's vision and organisational ability was evident when he created what Cyril Boucher has called a A School of Engineers, to reflect his designs, draw detailed maps, survey territory under his direction and built the canals he was commissioned to construct. Hugh Henshall, Samuel Simock, Robert Whitworth, Josiah Clowes, Thomas Dadford and Samuel Weston were talented colleagues friends and relatives who belonged to the Brindley school of engineering. Within this school, Brindley instructed and trained these men to his own high standards and many of these engineers went to extend Brindley's original system, based on his Great Cross of waters ways, as the country came to realise the enormous benefits in the transportation of heavy goods and material. Their works included the further development of the integration of canal and river navigations throughout the country; from the Forth and Clyde to the Bridgewater Canal, from the Trent and Mersey to the Thames Navigation and the canals that served Wales. This illustrated book chronicles the lives of these engineers as well as their various achievements and gives an insight into their other associated entrepreneurial activities. Supporting the unique aspects of this latest analysis of Britains's emergent canal system, the book includes a detailed gazetteer which provides opportunities for the reader to visit many of these significant sites around Britain and gain a greater understanding of the interconnected world of these pioneers and their contribution to our transport system."--Back cover. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 626.1(42)"17":92

The rockets' red glare : an illustrated history of the War of 1812 /Donald R. Hickey and Connie D. Clark. This illustrated history invites readers to travel back in time and imagine what it would have been like to live through the War of 1812, America's forgotten conflict. The book recounts the war's main battles and campaigns, from William Hull's ignominious surrender at Detroit in 1812 to Andrew Jackson's spectacular victory at New Orleans in 1815. It describes Oliver H. Perry's remarkable victory on Lake Erie and the ensuing death of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh. It chronicles the devastation on the Niagara Front as the balance of power shifted back and forth. It follows Thomas Macdonough as he executes a masterstroke on Lake Champlain, winning a great naval battle and saving upper New York from occupation. Also included are the demoralizing British raids in the Chesapeake that culminated in the burning of Washington, D.C., and the successful defense of Baltimore that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen "The Star-Spangled Banner." This book recaptures in detail not only the military history of the war but also its domestic and diplomatic history. The authors show why the fragile young republic, which was still a second-rate power, declared war against Great Britain, an established global power. They also explain why Americans remember the conflict as an unalloyed success, even though by the war's end, the United States faced military uncertainty, financial stress, a punishing British naval blockade, and the intractable opposition of Federalists in New England. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(42:73)

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