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A voyage round the world by way of the great South Sea perform'd in the year 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London ... till she was cast away on the island of Juan Fernandes, in May 1720; and afterwards continu'd in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria and Sacra Familia etc Shelvocke, George 1726 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(100)"1719/1722"

The genesis of rebellion : governance, grievance, and mutiny in the Age of Sail /Steven Pfaff, Michael Hechter "The Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London, et al treated ships at sea as microcosms; Petri dishes in which larger themes of authority, conflict and order emerge. In this fascinating book, Pfaff and Hechter explore mutiny as a manifestation of collective action and contentious politics. The authors use narrative evidence and statistical analysis to trace the processes by which governance failed, social order decayed, and seamen mobilized."-- 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 364.1/31

Slave songs of the United States / compiled by William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware and Lucy McKim Garrison. "Originally published in 1867, the book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by it."--Provided by the publisher. [19--?]. • BOOK • 2 copies available.

Narvik : the struggle of Battle Group Dietl in the spring of 1940 /Alex Buchner ; translated by Janice W. Ancker ; series editor: Matthias Strohn. "Published for the first time in English, this is the German perspective of the operation to take and hold Narvik during the amphibious invasion of Norway in the spring of 1940." 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542148

Melbye : Maler des Meeres = painter of the ocean /edited by Anja Dauschek, Regine Gerhardt, Vanessa Hirsch Altonaer Museum (Hamburg) 2017. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7MELBYE

Whaling captains of color : America's first meritocracy /Skip Finley. "The history of whaling as an industry on this continent has been well-told in books, including some that have been bestsellers, but what hasn't been told is the story of whaling's leaders of color in an era when the only other option was slavery. Whaling was one of the first American industries to exhibit diversity. A man became a captain not because he was white or well-connected, but because he knew how to kill a whale. Along the way, he could learn navigation and reading and writing. Whaling presented a tantalizing alternative to mainland life"-- [2020] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.071.22(73)

South Sea Argonauts : James Colnett and the enlargement of the Pacific 1772-1803 /Granville Allen Mawer. "'Who is Colnett?' So asks Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's Far Side of the World. Who indeed. As an adventurous teenager, James Colnett had sailed with Cook in the Resolution. He later became a pioneer in the Pacific sea otter trade, nearly starting a war with Spain in the process. He attempted to force Japan and Korea to admit British trade, and failing that smuggled pelts into China. He conducted a whaling reconnaissance to the Galapagos Islands and transported convicts to New South Wales. One way or another, James Colnett managed to intersperse fighting his country's enemies in the American and French wars with thirteen years plying the South Seas. Seeing himself as a latter-day Argonaut, he reflected that his working life had been devoted to 'enlarging the bounds of Navigation and Commerce'. The Pacific gave him ample scope."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Mysteries and sea monsters : thrilling tales of the sea, volume four /Graham Faiella. "The sea realm has ever been mysterious: strange happenings upon it, an unfathomable abyss of 'The Great Unkown' below. Before the scrutiny of scientific Enlightenment and Age of Reason, in the eighteenth century, ghost ships and oceanic monsters were the stuff of superstition, myth and legend to explain the inexplicable, to enthrall the imagination - and enliven the unimaginable. Narratives of phantom ships managed by ghostly (sometimes skeletal) crews, or damned like the Flying Dutchman to roam the seas forever; of sinister, sinuous sea serpents; and the lore of the terrible multi-tentacled kraken, Accounts inspired spirited controversy amongst believers and sceptics, in the awestruck thrill of such frightful enigmas."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 398.322

Superior : the return of race science /Angela Saini. "Where did the idea of race come from, and what does it mean? In an age of identity politics, DNA ancestry testing and the rise of the far right, a belief in biological differences between populations is experiencing a resurgence. The truth is: race is a social construct. Our problem is we find this hard to believe. In Superior, award-winning author Angela Saini investigates the concept of race, from its origins to the present day. Engaging with geneticists, anthropologists, historians and social scientists from across the globe, Superior is a rigorous, much needed examination of the insidious and destructive nature of the belief that race is real, and that some groups of people are superior to others."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.8

The promised land: the story of emigration from Oxfordshire, and neighbouring Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire 1815-1914 /Martin Greenwood. "The author has written a lively and knowledgeable story of emigration from Oxfordshire and its neighbouring shires from 1815 to 1914. The story begins with the voyages of Captain Cook, which led to the provision of new places for penal colonies in Australia. Free emigration also gathered steam in the 1830s, followed by the Great Exodus from 1850. The story evokes the bustle and confusion of migrants at Liverpool, and the emotions of departure. It looks at their shipping, health problems, costs and shipwrecks, and at their experience on arrival. It also examines the political changes, particularly to the Poor Laws and Corn Laws."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

Rails across the sea : the Harwich - Zeebrugge train ferry story = Sporen over de zee :het verhaal van het treinveer Harwich - Zeebrugge /Kevin Hoggett. "This book is a long ovedue history of the train ferry service between Harwich and Zeebrugge, its precursors and its legacy. The author was intimately involved with the service as British Rail's Rolling Stock Inspector in Zeebrugge, and in researching this book, he has also drawn on the archives of friedns and colleagues as well as official sources to produce an authoritative and well illustrated account."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 386.6

Ocean Freighter Heyday / Malcolm Cranfield. "The three decades following the end of the Second World War, before the container revolution took hold over dry cargo shipping, may be described as the 'Ocean Freighter Heyday'. Many ships which survived the War remained in service well into the 1960s while newly-built ships were only slowly developed from pre-war designs. this book looks at British and north Continental European ships which were serving international trade until the end of the 1970s. The four sections of the book cover some of the best known companies offering scheduled cargo liner services plus views of ships berthed in the U.K. and north continental ports, with a few overseas, and of ships underway in local rivers and waterways. A final section looks at tramp ships. These older and slower vessels had mainly voyaged worldwide carrying bagged, neo-bulk or bulk cargoes although many found employment on charter to cargo liner companies."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Relacion del combate, que el navio del Rey nombrado el Glorioso, del mando de el Capitan de Navio Don Pedro Macias de la Cerda, Cavallero de el Orden de San Juan, tuvo en la altura de 41 grados, y en la longitud de 352 grados, 20 minutos distancia del Cavo de Finibusterra 200 leguas, con un navio de 70 a 80 canones, y otro de 50 a 60 y un vergantin de 16 Ingleses ca1747 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1747"(461)

Canton days : British life and death in China /John M. Carroll. "The first comprehensive history of the British community in China from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842, this book challenges common assumptions about the British presence in China."-- [2020] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(42:51)"17/18"

Seaside 100 : a history of the British seaside in 100 objects. "Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their history. This book explores the best-loved features of our favourite holiday destinations, each object and building adding its own layer to the story of our shared seaside heritage. Using a mixture of historic images and modern photographs the book takes a roughly chronological journey through the things that have made our seaside distinctive. The places where we have chosen to take our holidays for the past three hundred years have been transformed from mere stretches of coastline but they are not like inland towns. Inside these pages can be found a celebration of all that makes our seaside special."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 711.455(210.5:42)

The Royal Navy in Indigenous Australia, 1795-1855 : maritime encounters and British Museum Collections /Daniel Simpson. Simpson, Daniel. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.899/15

Waterford Harbour : tides and tales /Andrew Doherty. "Waterford harbour has centuries of tradition based on its extensive fishery and maritime trade. Steeped in history, customs and an enviable spirit, it was there that Andrew Doherty was born and raised amongst a treasure chest of stories spun by the fishermen, sailors and their families. As an adult he began to research these accounts and, to his surprise, found many were based on fact. In this book, Doherty will take you on a fascinating journey along the harbour, introduce you to some of its most important sites and people, the area's history, and some of its most fantastic tales. Dreaded press gangs who raided whole communities for crew, the search for buried gold and a ship seized by pirates, the horror of a German bombing of the rural idyll during the Second World War on every page of this incredible account you will learn something of the maritime community of Waterford Harbour."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941.915

In sparkling company : reflections on glass in the 18th-century British world /Christopher L. Maxwell, with contributions by Marvin Bolt, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Jennifer Y. Chuong, Melanie Doderer-Winkler, Anna Moran, Marcia Pointon, and Kerry Sinanan. "Britain in the 1700s was complex, dynamic, and full of growth, whether industrial, geographical, intellectual or societal. The nation began the century under the leadership of a Dutch king (William III, r. 1689-1702), followed by a dynasty of Germans (the Hanoverians, r.1714-1837). Its aristocracy was educated on European Grand Tours, and its commercial, political and territorial ambitions stretched from North America to India, and from Africa to China. It was a world that fostered exploration, expansion and exploitation. The British glass industry replaced that of Venice as the global leader during this period but, beyond its presence in dining and drinking rituals, little discussion has hitherto been made of the significance of glass in the lives of the country's elite during the 1700s. In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-Century British World accompanies a major exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass in 2021. From portraiture to costume, and science to slavery, the essays contained in this publication offer unique perspectives from noted scholars on the role of glass in defining and expressing the cultural values of Britain during the 1700s."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 748

Marketing your library's electronic resources : a how-to-do-it manual /[Marie R. Kennedy and Cheryl LaGuardia]. Kennedy, Marie R. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 027:658.8

Schoolies : selected service stories of the Royal Navy Instructor Officers' Association (RNIOA) /John Nixon and Michael S. Rose; edited by Michael J. Channon OBE. Nixon, John. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The history of celestial navigation : rise of the Royal Observatory and nautical almanacs /P. Kenneth Seidelmann, Catherine Y. Hohenkerk. "This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries. Written by a group of historians and scientists, it analyzes how competing navigation systems, technologies, and institutions emerged and developed, with a focus on the major players in the US and the UK. The history covers the founding of the Royal Observatory; the first printing of a Nautical Almanac; the founding of the US and UK Nautical Almanac Offices; the creation of international standards for reference systems and astronomical constants; and the impact of 20th century technology on the field, among other topics. Additionally, the volume analyzes the present role and status of celestial navigation, particularly with respect to modern radio and satellite navigation systems. With its diverse authorship and nontechnical language, this book will appeal to any reader interested in the history of science, technology, astronomy, and navigation over the ages."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 520

Before Windrush : West Indians in Britain /Asher & Martin Hoyles. Hoyles, Asher, 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.8969729041

Selskapet for Grimstad bys vel : Medlemsskrift nr 59 - 2015 Wikander, Johan Anton 2015 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Afropean : notes from Black Europe /Johny Pitts. 'Afropean' is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities. Here is an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is eighty per cent Muslim. Johny Pitts visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots, all the while presenting Afropeans as lead actors in their own story. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.89604

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