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Sjèohistorisk arsskrift fèor Aland Alands Sjofartsmuseum 1988- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

The story of the semaphore / by H.P. Mead. Mead, H. P. 1938-1952. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.725.2

The Daily Mirror. 1913. • PAMPH-OVER • 1 copy available. 92SCOTT

1805-1955 : this year is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar /presented by the Bath Festival Society Ltd. ; ... written and devised by Jack Broome. Broome, Jack 1955. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.49"1805":394.46

Laying the Bass Strait telephone cable / by A B Haines Haines, A. B. 1936 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 621.315.28

Hello sailor! : the hidden history of gay life at sea Baker, Paul 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.61.071.22-055.3

A treatise on Ackermann's superfine water colours : with directions how to prepare and use them : including succinct hints on drawing and painting /Rudolph Ackermann. Ackermann, Rudolph, [1801]. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 75.021.321

An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific ocean Dalrymple, Alexander, 1770 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(93/96)"15/17"

Chemical principles of textile conservation / âAgnes Tâimar-Balâazsy and Dinah Eastop Timar-Balazsy, Agnes 1998. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 746.0288

A brief history and study of the Irish merchant ship, "Robert and Alice" / researched, compiled and written between 1976 and 2017 by Gordon Ralph Schell. Schell, Gordon Ralph, [2017] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 929.2

Table des positions gâeographiques principales de la Russie / râedigâee par M. W. Struve Struve, F. G. W.-(Friedrich Georg Wilhelm), 1843. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.7:094

Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems / edited by James A. Estes ... [et al.]. c2006. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 599.5

The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet / Norman Polmar. Polmar, Norman. 2001. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 359.9

Aquatint : from its origins to Goya /Rena M. Hoisington. "Driven by a growing interest in collecting and multiplying drawings, artists and amateurs in the eighteenth century sought a new technique capable of replicating the subtlety of ink, wash, and watercolor. They devised an innovative and versatile new medium--aquatint--which would spread in use across Europe within a few decades, its distinctive dark tones making possible a remarkable variety of ingenious imagery. In this illuminating book, Rena M. Hoisington traces how the aquatint technique flourished as a cross-cultural and cosmopolitan phenomenon that contributed to the rise of art publishing, connoisseurship, leisure travel, drawing instruction, and the popularity of neoclassicism. She offers new insights into sophisticated experiments by artists such as Francisco Goya, Maria Catharina Prestel, Paul Sandby, and Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. Marvelously illustrated with rare works from the National Gallery of Art's collection of early aquatints, this engaging book provides a fresh look at how printmaking contributed to a vibrant exchange of information and ideas in Europe during the Enlightenment."--Provided by the publisher. [2021] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 760

John Harrison and his timekeepers / Rupert T. Gould. Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1935. • BOOK • 6 copies available. 528.282

Free trade and sailors' rights in the War of 1812 / Paul A. Gilje. "This book examines the political slogan "free trade and sailors rights" and traces its sources to eighteenth-century intellectual thought and Americans' previous experience with impressment into the British navy"-- 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1812"(73)

HMS Hood : pride of the Royal Navy /Daniel Knowles. "For over twenty years the battlecruiser HMS Hood toured the world as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her beauty and charisma, Hood is one of history's greatest warships. During the twilight years of the British Empire the Hood toured the world showing the flag as a symbol of British power. As the Royal Navy's show-ship, Hood came to command a special place in the hearts and minds of the British public. Such was the regard for HMS Hood that her destruction in the Denmark Strait on the morning of 24 May 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck created dismay across the world. Within minutes of entering battle 'the Mighty Hood' as she was affectionately known, was destroyed by a catastrophic explosion which had echoes of Jutland a quarter of a century earlier. Out of a crew of a crew [sic] of 1,418, only 3 survived. The sinking of HMS Hood was the single largest disaster ever sustained by the Royal Navy. This book charts the life and death of this legendary battlecruiser in both peace and war from her early origins, through the interwar years, to her destruction."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.32530941

Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African / edited by Vincent Carretta. Sancho, Ignatius, 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 942.1/3200496

Invasion! : D-Day & Operation Overlord in one hundred moments /Scott Addington. ''The invasion of Normandy was the most significant victory of the Allies in the Second World War. By 1944, over 2 million troops from over 12 countries were in Britain in preparation for the invasion. These forces consisted primarily of American, British and Canadian troops but also included Australian, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, New Zealand, Norwegian, Rhodesian and Polish naval, air or ground support. The operation was codenamed "Overlord" which saw the largest invasion fleet ever assembled, before or since, landing 156,000 Allied troops on five beach-heads on D-Day 6 June 1944. These forces established a foothold on the shores of Northern France, and broke out into the French interior to begin a headlong advance. D-Day was originally set for June 5 but had to be postponed for 24 hours because of bad weather. The forecast was so bad that the German commander in Normandy, Erwin Rommel, went home to give his wife a pair of shoes on her birthday. He was in Germany when the news came. British factories increased production and in the first half of 1944 approximately 9 million tonnes of supplies and equipment crossed the Atlantic from North America to Britain. Bagpiper, Bill Millin struck up Hieland Laddie as soon as he jumped into the shallows and then walked up and down the beach playing the pipes. German prisoners later admitted that they had not attempted to shoot him because they thought he had lost his mind. The British infantryman was paid ¹3 15s a month, the Americans got ¹12. A naval bombardment from seven battleships, 18 cruisers, and 43 destroyers began at 5am and went on until 6.25am. On the night of the invasion only around 15% of paratroopers landed in the right place. New gadgets designed for D-Day included a swimming tank and a flame throwing tank called the crocodile . There were even collapsible motorbikes. The morning after D-day the police raided a brothel, which French women had set up in a wrecked landing craft. 1,900 Allied bombers attacked German lines before the invasion began. Seven million pounds of bombs were dropped that day. A total of 10,521 combat aircraft flew a total of 15,000 sorties on D-Day. All this and much more is uncovered in a range of informative and detailed events spanning this most significant event in military history; biographies, fun facts, myth busters and illustrated throughout with infographics and contemporary photographs.''--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542142

Passenger and immigration lists index 1981-2002 • FOLIO • 32 copies available. 01:325.2

The cyclopaedia : or universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature /by Abraham Rees. Rees, Abraham 1819. • RARE-BOOK • 44 copies available.

Concise catalogue of oil paintings in the National Maritime Museum / compiled by the staff of the National Maritime Museum ; [introduction by Stephen Deuchar]. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 1988. • FOLIO • 25 copies available. 069(26:421.6)

The Caird collection of maritime antiquities Callender, Geoffrey, 1933-1937 • FOLIO • 31 copies available. 069(26:421.6)

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