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Mare Balticum : the Baltic - two thousand years Ehrensvèard, Ulla 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 94(261.24)

The last hero : Bill Tilman : a biography of the explorer A biography of Bill Tilman, mountaineer, sailor and explorer. Awarded the Military Cross twice in the First World War, Tilman went on to form a climbing partnership with Eric Shipton. Together they explored and climbed in the Himalaya and Karakoram regions and played leading roles in British Everest expeditions prior to the Second World War. After the war, Tilman took up deep-sea sailing on Mischief, a gaff-rigged Bristol pilot cutter sailing in both Antarctic and Arctic waters. Tilman disappeared while sailing in Antarctic waters during his eightieth year. 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Tilman

The Easter Egg Fleet : American ship camouflage in WWI /Aryeh Wetherhorn. "A description and reference of how the United States used artists to design ship camouflage to help foil German U-boats in The First World War. Includes background to the war, how submarines worked (then), measures to combat them, types of camouflage, who designed the patterns and how they were applied. Reference section includes colored drawings of camouflage patterns known to have been used, what ships carried which designs, and what colors were used. There is a cross index listing for ships and the patterns they carried."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

A cultural history of the sea in the age of empire / edited by Margaret Cohen. "Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6 Global Age (1920 - 2000+)."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 209.6

A cultural history of the sea in the age of enlightenment / edited by Jonathan Lamb. "Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6 Global Age (1920 - 2000+)."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 209.5

A cultural history of the sea in antiquity / edited by Marie-Claire Beaulieu. "Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6 Global Age (1920 - 2000+)."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 209.3

A cultural history of the sea in the medieval age / edited by Elizabeth Lambourn. "Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6 Global Age (1920 - 2000+)."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 209.4

Lieutenant Commander John Manners, Distinguished Service Cross : [2005?] • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 92MANNERS, JOHN

Container ships and oil tankers / Jonathan Sutherland and Diane Canwell. Introduces and discusses the unique details of thirteen cargo ships, from a steamship built in 1869 to a fishing trawler designed in 1988, and features a cross-section view of each ship. 2008. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.123.59

Military photographs & how to date them / Neil Storey. This book covers our Nation's military history from the 1870s to the 1940s with chapters on Soldiers of the Queen, The Edwardian soldier, the First World War, the inter War years and the Second World War. Each chapter has an introduction followed by a wide range of photographs showing a good cross section from all the services, corps and line infantry. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.14:77

The riddle of Japan Drage, Geoffrey 1925 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.02(52)

Price list of telescopes, field, marine & opera glasses by Dolland & Co, Ltd. Catalogue contains descriptions, dimensions and prices, and illustrations for the majority of instruments. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 681.7(083.82)

Joseph Cornell and astronomy : a case for the stars /Kirsten Hoving. Hoving, Kirsten A. c2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 521:7.04

Capturing Enigma : how HMS Petard seized the German naval codes Tells the story of HMS Petard and the capture by her crew of the Enigma coding material from U-559 in October 1942. Lieutenant Anthony Fasson RN and Able Seaman Colin Grazier, were both awarded the George Cross, while NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) assistant Tom Brown received the George Medal. 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Petard

Great race of the tea ships with the first new season's teas : price of teas reduced /Burgon & Co. Advertising poster, claiming that newly arrived ships, including the Taeping, Ariel, Fiery Cross and Serica, have arrived in the United Kingdom "with something like forty-five million pounds of new tea on board - half a year's consumption" and that consequently prices will be reduced "in order to make sales". 1866] • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 387:663.95 "186"(085.8)

The Ostend ferry : from start to finish /Steven Pattheeuws. An overview of the more than 250 ferries and pleasure boats that operated out of Ostend from the 1830s to the closure of the Ostend-Ramsgate ferry operation in 2012. With the advent of paddle steamers in the nineteenth century the Ostend-Dover route became one of the most prestigious ferry crossings in Europe. Chapters include information on ferry routes out of Ostend incuding those to Folkestone, Harwich, Ipswich and Ramsgate, and cross-channel excursions. Appendices include a comprehensive fleet list, information on Belgian shipping yards and a list of operators. 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792DOVER-OSTEND

Bygone Kent : a monthly journal on all aspects of local history O'Driscoll, Patricia 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.223

A cultural history of the sea in the global age / edited by Franziska Torma. "Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6 Global Age (1920 - 2000+)."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 209.7

A cultural history of the sea in the early modern age / edited by Steve Mentz. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

Marine paintings / [Archibald, Edward H. H.]. Archibald, E. H. H. (Edward H. H.) 1965. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 061.43(083.83)

Arklow shipping : a group fleet history The Hall and Tyrell families established Arklow Shipping in 1966 on Ireland's east coast, south of Dublin. This book gives a brief historical overview of the company. There is an extensive and detailed fleet list with black and white and colour photographs. Ships from Cross Ferries Ltd, Coastal Shipping Ltd and Hanno Shipping B.V. are included. There is also an index of ships' names. 2004 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792ARKLOW

Goldsmith's College : a centenary account Goldsmiths' College occupies the site of a distiller's house built in 1789 in New Cross. Educational activities have been carried on there since 1792. The premises were later used for a private school to the Royal Naval School in 1843. When the School moved to Eltham in 1889 the buildings were acquired by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. Between 1891 and 1905 the Company maintained a Technical and Recreative Institute. The buildings were presented to the University of London in 1904; Goldsmiths' College has been part of the University ever since. Known as a teacher training college, it also maintained a School of Art and an Evening Department. From about 1960 the range of activities expanded until in 1988 it was admitted as a full School of the University of London. This book was published as part of Goldsmiths' centenary celebrations in 1991 and tells the story of its development over the years. There are numerous black and white photographs, and an index of persons. Appendix B lists the Wardens of Goldsmiths' College from 1905. 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 378.4(421)

Stena Line : celebrating 50 years of service /Bruce Peter. A history of Stena AB, the Swedish passenger ship operator founded by Sten Allan Olsson and covering the period 1962-2012. Initially running passenger ferries on Scandanavian routes, the company soon extended its operations to car and cross-Channel ferries. Merging with rivals Sessanlinjen in 1981 and taking over Lion Ferry's routes from 1982, the company developed an increasingly global reach with attempts to expand into North American and Eastern European routes. In 1989, Stena secured ownership of the Zeeland Steamship Company (SMZ) joint operators with Sealink British Ferries of the Hook of Holland - Harwich route and in 1990 took control of Sealink British Ferries owned by Sea Containers. Stena extended its operations to the Dover Strait and Irish Sea routes, rebranding firstly as the Stena Sealink Line, then Stena Line. Illustrated throughout with photographs of Stena Line's vessels. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792STENA

Dissertations and letters, by Don Joseph Rodriguez, the Chevalier Delambre, Baron de Zach, Dr. Thomas Thomson, Dr. Olinthus Gregory, and others : tending either to impugn or to defend the trigonometrical survey of England and Wales ; carrying on by Col. Mudge and Capt. Colby. Collected, with notes and observations, including an exposure of the misrepresentations and contradictions of Dr. Thomson, and a defence of the late Astronomer Royal against the imputations of Baron de Zach. /by Olinthus Gregory, LL. D. of the Royal Military Academy. Gregory, Olinthus 1815. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 528:094

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