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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 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

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

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

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

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

The unseen Lusitania : the ship in rare illustrations /Eric Sauder. "Lost to a German torpedo on 7 May 1915, Cunard's RMS Lusitania captured the world's imagination when she entered service in 1907. Not only was she was the largest ship in the world, but she was also revolutionary in design as well as being a record breaker. Lusitania is now sadly remembered for her tragic destruction, sinking in eighteen minutes with the loss of around 1,200 souls. Through never-before-seen material, historian Eric Sauder brings RMS Lusitania to life once again. Filled with vivid, unseen photographs and illustrations from Eric's extensive private collection, this absorbing read will transport the reader back 100 years to a time when opulent Ships of State were the only way to cross the Atlantic."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123LUSITANIA

For flag and empire : the story of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society in peace and war /by T. Wilkinson Riddle. Riddle, T. Wilkinson 1915. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.23:656.61.071.22

Ice captain : the life of J.R. Stenhouse /Stephen Haddelsey. Scottish born Joseph Russell Stenhouse (1887-1941), commanded the Aurora, the second ship taking part in Shackleton's Endurance expedition to Antarctica (1914-1917). Torn from her moorings in a storm, the Aurora was driven out to sea where she became trapped in pack ice for ten months before escaping and continuing her journey with a broken rudder. Returning to England, Stenhouse was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for sinking a submarine in the First World War and then after the war, the Distinguished Service Order for his part in the campaign against Bolshevism in Murmansk and Archangel. He later returned to the Antarctic as master of the Discovery during the National Oceanographic Expedition (1925-1927). He died in 1941, reported missing when his ship exploded and sank in the Red Sea. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92STENHOUSE

Journal of the Greenwich Historical Society : volume 4, number 5 Watson, Julian, 2016 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 914.216

A history of Napoleonic and American prisoners of war, 1756-1816 : hulk, depot and parole /Clive L. Lloyd. Lloyd, Clive L. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.257.72"1756/1816"

Athenia torpedoed : the U-boat attack that ignited the Battle of the Atlantic /Francis M. Carroll. "This book is an account of a disaster at sea, the sinking by a German submarine of the passenger liner Athenia sailing from Liverpool to Montreal, loaded with Americans, Canadians, and Europeans, attempting to cross the Atlantic before the outbreak of war. For Britain, the sinking of the Athenia was seen as both a violation of international law and a return to the kind of total war Germany had waged in the Great War."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3ATHENIA

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