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Oriental visions : exhibitions, travel, and collecting in the Victorian age /Nicky Levell. "A richly illustrated and unique contribution to the fields of critical museology, the history of collecting, and cultural studies, in general. Through the biography of Frederick John Horniman (1835-1906), a Victorian traveller, collector, and Museum founder, this work critically reconstructs and explores the dynamic cultural network of individuals and institutions; touristic and collecting practices; textual and exhibitionary media, which interacted and generated images of the exotic Orient. Starting in the leafy suburbs of south London, this study begins by examining the afterlife of the world renowned Crystal Palace, which had housed the world's first Great Exhibition. Following its move from Hyde Park to Sydenham in the mid-1850s, this immense glass structure soon became a popular tourist destination, attracting more than a million visitors every year and transforming its once isolated rural surrounds into fashionable residential areas. Levell specifically focuses on the powerful, though selective, representations of the distant Orient at the People's Palace, which enchanted Victorian sightseers, artists, collectors, and travellers. She then looks in detail at the spectacular displays of the British Empire's 'Eastern Possessions' at the hugely popular Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 in South Kensington. Together these two exhibitionary complexes, with their visually striking images of the Orient, guided Frederick Horniman's travels and also influenced the type of material that he acquired for his private Museum, which was located in Forest Hill, a short distance from the Crystal Palace. From exhibitions and collections, this monograph then moves on to explore travel and collecting. Drawing on the journal that Frederick Horniman kept during his world tours, a fascinating and richly illustrated account is given of the Victorian tourist's travels in India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Japan, China, Burma (Union of Myanmar), and Egypt, describing the places he visited, the peoples he encountered, and the objects he collected. Finally, attention is turned to the extensive oriental collections, which were assembled by Horniman over a forty-year period, and placed on public display in his twenty-four room Museum. In their museal setting, these exhibits, which had been acquired from dealers, auction houses, international exhibitions, missionaries, travellers, and colonial officials, both at home and abroad, conjured up striking and alluring visions of the Orient."--Provided by the publisher. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.074"18/19"

The transit of Venus enterprise in Victorian Britain / by Jessica Ratcliff. Ratcliffe, Jessica. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.42(42)"18"

The ambitions of Jane Franklin : Victorian lady adventurer /Alison Alexander. "In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world, and was probably the best travelled woman of her day. Alison Alexander traces the life of this inimitable woman, from her birth in late eighteenth-century London, her marriage to Sir John Franklin, the famous Arctic explorer, and her many trips to far-flung locations. Arriving in Tasmania in 1837 when Sir John became governor, she swept like a whirlwind through the colony: attempting to rid the island of snakes, establishing a scientific society, adopting an Aboriginal girl, and sending a kangaroo to Queen Victoria. When her husband disappeared in the Arctic on an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, she single-handedly turned him from a failure into one of England's noblest heroes. She continued travelling well into her 70s and died at age 84, refusing to take her medicine to the last."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FRANKLIN, JANE

The Victorian amateur astronomer : independent astronomical research in Britain 1820-1920 Chapman, Allan, 1998 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 52(42)"1820/1920"

Material memories of travel : the albums of a Victorian naval surgeon /Felix Driver "This paper considers the visual archives of maritime scientific exploration, from coastal sketches to ethnographic observation. It focuses on seven albums of John Linton Palmer, a British naval surgeon who served in the Pacific in the 1850s and 1860s, which are today part of the collections of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). Through their drawing, recording and collecting, naval surgeons like Linton Palmer played a significant role in the development of natural history and ethnography during the nineteenth century. The paper discusses the historical significance and potential contemporary uses of the Linton Palmer albums in the context of three forms of memory-making: firstly, the documentation of topographic, antiquarian, ethnographic, microscopic and other field observations by means of drawing; secondly, the assembling of such materials into personalised albums, part of a distinctive nineteenth-century naval tradition by which the experience of travel was re-collected (in the case of Linton Palmer within the scientific culture of late-Victorian Liverpool); and thirdly, the contemporary uses of such forms of visual heritage in a variety of contexts from family history to Indigenous land claims."--Provided by the publisher. [2020?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

The Victorian internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's online pioneers Standage, Tom 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.394

George Thomas Cudlip : the story of a Victorian stoker : in the Royal Navy and my great grandfather Singlehurst, Peter [1998] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.49"1893"(676)

Trade and traders in mid-Victorian Liverpool : mercantile business and the making of a world port /Graeme Milne, Graeme J. 2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:627.2(410.174)"18"

Victorian Wood Wharf and Greenwich Riverside, 1820-2010 / by Ronald A. Richards and Derek J. The area covered by the authors is situated along the river front at Grenwich, which runs from east to west from Greenwich Pier to the entrance of Deptford Creek. The book covers the period from the middle of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century; it talks about the people who lived and worked in this riverside area, the business and shops, which operated from here and the public houses that supplied a service to residents, visitors and staff. 2010]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.216

The globetrotter : Victorian excursions in India, China and Japan /Amy Miller. The fascinating story of the first generation of 'Globetrotters' - leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture, brought to life with first hand accounts and beautiful illustrations of the views and artefacts of their travels. In the mid-nineteenth century, as new routes opened up, a new generation of travellers embarked on excursions to India, China and Japan. Globetrotters - leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture - flocked to the East, casting aside preconceptions and gravitating towards what they hoped to be the unchanged landscapes and traditions of Eastern cultures. The relics of their travels - the food they consumed and the souvenirs they brought back - allowed globetrotters to distinguish themselves from common tourists. They proudly returned with accounts that presented a global East, challenging public assumptions about the cultures they had visited and charting a journey of self-transformation through travel. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.4819094109034

Scientist of empire : Sir Roderick Murchison, scientific exploration and Victorian imperialism /Robert Stafford, Robert A. 1989. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4:327.2"17/18"

A Victorian shipowner : a portrait of Sir Charles Cayzer, Baronet of Gartmore Muir, Augustus 1978 • BOOK • 4 copies available. 347.792Clan

A Victorian earl in the Arctic : the travels and collections of the fifth Earl of Lonsdale 1888-9 Krech, Shepard 1989 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92Lowther

Freedom burning : anti-slavery and empire in Victorian Britain /Richard Huzzey. Huzzey, Richard, 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8(42)"18"

Thomas Sutherland : a great Victorian : chairman of P&O, founder of HSBC, member of parliament /Malcolm Sutherland, Malcolm 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SUTHERLAND

'I was transformed' : Frederick Douglass: an American slave in victorian Britain /Laurence Fenton "In the summer of 1845, Frederick Douglass, the young runaway slave catapulted to fame by his incendiary autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, arrived in Liverpool for the start of a near-two-year tour of Britain and Ireland he always called one of the most transformative periods of his life. Laurence Fenton draws on a wide array of sources from both sides of the Atlantic and combines a unique insight into the early years of one of the great figures of the nineteenth-century world with rich profiles of the enormous personalities at the heart of the transatlantic anti-slavery movement. This vivid portrait of life in Victorian Britain is the first to fully explore the 'liberating sojourn' that ended with Douglass gaining his freedom - paid for by British supporters - before returning to America as a celebrity and icon of international standing. It also follows his later life, through the American Civil War and afterwards. Douglass has been described as 'the most influential African American of the nineteenth century'. He spoke and wrote on behalf of a variety of reform causes: women's rights, temperance, peace, land reform, free public education and the abolition of capital punishment. But he devoted most of his time, immense talent and boundless energy to ending slavery. On April 14, 1876, Douglass would deliver the keynote speech at the unveiling of the Emancipation Memorial in Washington's Lincoln Park."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DOUGLASS, FREDERICK

The morals of measurement : accuracy, irony, and trust in late Victorian electrical practice /Graeme "A contribution to the social histories of quantification and electrical technology in 19th century Britain, Germany and France ... Case studies demonstrate how difficult late Victorians found it to agree upon which electrical practitioners, instruments, and metals were most trustworthy and what they could hope to measure with any accuracy"--Book cover. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.3

Science for all : studies in the history of Victorian science and education /William H. Brock. Brock, William H. 1996. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 5/6:37(42)"18"

Exiles and emigrants : epic journeys to Australia in the Victorian era /Patricia Tryon Macdonald ; with Catalogue of an exhibition examining the reasons for emigration to Australia in the Victorian era, and how the emigrants and their journeys were viewed by contemporary artists of the time. 2005. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 325.51(94):75"18"

A Victorian maritime album : 100 photographs from the Francis Frith Collection at the National Maritime Greenhill, Basil 1974 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 77.047(26)

Science, reform, and politics in Victorian Britain : the Social Science Association 1857-1886 /Lawrence Goldman, Lawrence. 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 3(42)"1857/1886"

: life on the lower-deck of the Victorian navy Winton, John, 1977 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 355.124(42)"18"

Building the steam navy : docklands, technology and the creation of the Victorian battle fleet 1830-1906 Evans, David 2004 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.54(42)

The epic voyages of Maud Berridge : the seafaring diary of a victorian lady /Sally Berridge "Maud Berridge (1845-1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner, and she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1886), sailing to Melbourne with emigrants and cargo. The first occasion was 1869 just after they were married, when Henry was Captain of the Walmer Castle, and they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east and around Cape Horn. However, most of Henry and Maud's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipper Superb, sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer and leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the year (the southern summer, best for heading east with the trade winds and rounding Cape Horn). Record times taken from London to Melbourne under Captain Henry were 79 days (1878), 76 days (1881) and a final time of 74 days (1886). In 1880, Maud and Henry took their two sons (aged six and eight) with them. In 1883, they sailed on from Melbourne to Newcastle in New South Wales to take on a load of coal, then on through the Windward Isles to San Francisco (51 days). Here they stayed for two months exploring SF and surrounds, unloaded the coal and took on a load of wheat (in large bags) at Port Costa. They then sailed down the west coast of the Americas, around Cape Horn and on to Queenstown in County Cork (134 days). The whole voyage took 14 months. There are also some photographs of Henry, Maud and the crew taken in San Francisco, and a photo from the State Library of Victoria showing the Superb at dock in Melbourne. Maud wrote diaries of these voyages of which one in particular, that of the 1883 voyage, comprise some 50 000 words. The book will tell Maud's story through her own words and through a number of relevant contemporary documents and will paint a picture of the life of a captain's wife in the Victorian era as well as aspects of society in Britain, the US and Australia at the time. Her enthusiasm for new experiences shines through her writing."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BERRIDGE

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