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Race to the pole Hooper, Meredith 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(99)
Airman at the helm / Eric Blackman. Blackman, Eric. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 797.1
Stories from home : English domestic interiors, 1750-1850 /Margaret Ponsonby. Ponsonby, Margaret, c2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 747:728(42)"1750/1850"
The Fourth world : the heritage of the Arctic and its destruction Hall, Sam 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 628.515(268)
Coast Lines : fleet list and history /Ian Collard. "Formed on Merseyside in 1913, Coast Lines grew from a small fleet of sixteen coastal ships operating in the Irish Sea to the world's largest coastal fleet. At the time, over 4 million tons of shipping sailed from the Mersey on coastal voyages. At its height, the company included Powell, Bacon & Hough Lines, British Channel Islands Shipping, Queenship Navigation, the Belfast Steamship Company, Burns & Laird Lines, the British & Irish Steam Packet, the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Shipping Company, Tyne Tees Shipping and the Zillah Shipping Company. Pioneering the coordination of road transport with coastal shipping from the 1950s onwards, in 1971 Coast Lines was eventually taken over by P&O, by which time the fleet had declined from 110 passenger and cargo vessels in 1955 to only twenty-five. In this book, Ian Collard both examines the fascinating history of this famous Liverpool shipping company and provides a comprehensive fleet list."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792COAST LINES
Ellerman Lines / Clarkson, John. 1993 Clarkson, John, 1993 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 347.792Ellerman
Polaris : the chief scientist's recollections of the American North Pole expedition, 1871-73 /Emil Bessels ; translated from the German: Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition (Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1879), by William Barr. "Emil Bessels was chief scientist and medical officer on George Francis Hall's ill-fated American North Pole Expedition of 1871-73 on board the ship Polaris. Bessels' book, translated from the German in its entirety for the first time, is one of only two first-hand accounts of the voyage, and it is the only first-hand account of the experiences of the group which stayed with the ship after it ran afoul of arctic ice, leaving some of its crew stranded on an ice floe. Bessels and the others spent a second winter on shore in Northwest Greenland, where the drifting, disabled ship ran aground. Hall died suspiciously during the first winter, and Bessels is widely suspected of having poisoned him. Bill Barr has uncovered new evidence of a possible motive. Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North pole Expedition, 1871-73 includes considerable detail which does not appear elsewhere. It is the only account of the expedition which includes rich scientific information about anthropology, geology, flora and fauna. It provides much more information than other accounts on the Greenland settlements Polaris visited on her way north. Bessels' is the only published first-hand account of the second wintering of part of the ship's complement on shore at Polaris House, near Littleton Island, and of that party's attempt at travelling south by boat until picked up by the Scottish whaler Ravenscraig. The same applies to the cruise aboard the whaler, Arctic, after Bessels and his companions transferred to that ship."--Provided by publisher. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(98)"1871/1873"
Asia y el Museo Naval / Miniterio de Defensa Museo Naval (Spain) 2018 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069(26:464:5)
Treason's harbour O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
Bridgwater docks and the River Parrett / Murless, Brian J. 1989. Murless, Brian J 1989 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.3(423.8)
At home afloat : women on the waters of the Pacific northwest Pagh, Nancy 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 947-16"1816/1990"-055.2
Beyond the frozen sea : visions of Antarctica Mickleburgh, Edwin 1987 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(99)
The sickly Stuarts : the medical downfall of a dynasty /Frederick Holmes. Holmes, Frederick F., 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The Royal Navy day by day / A. B. Sainsbury, F. L. Phillips. Sainsbury, A B 2005. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.49(42):930.24
The Dundee whaling fleet : ships, masters and men /Malcolm Archibald. Archibald, Malcolm, 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1(413.1)
Statki i ich za±ogi na dolnej Wiâsle w XIII-XV wieku / Robert Domçza±. Domçza±, Robert. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The captain's table : life and dining on the great ocean liners /Sarah Edington. This book provides an insight into life at sea during the heyday of the Great Ocean Liners by exploring the dishes, menus and dining experiences offered on board. The author looks at the differences in experience between First-Class, Second-Class and steerage passengers, examining aspects of life on board the liners including dress, decor, entertainment and food. Over seventy recipes are included in the book, from soups and main courses to canapâes and puddings, including those featured on iconic ships such as Titanic, Lusitania and the Queen Mary. Drawings, photographs and reproductions of original menu cards from the National Maritime Museum illustrate the glamour and excitement of ocean voyages from the late 19th to late 20th centuries. 2011. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.614.2:641.5
Stroudwater Navigation Tucker, Joan • BOOK • 1 copy available. 626.1(424)
The Seasalter Company : a smuggling fraternity (1740-1854) Harvey, Wallace 1983 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 343.359(422.3)
VHF radio (inc GMDSS) Royal Yachting Association 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.396.9:629.125
Courtiers and cannibals, angels and amazons : the art of the decorative cartographic titlepage /Rodney Shirley. Rodney Shirley, a collector and historian of early maps, explores the development, design and history of decorative cartographic title pages from the late 15th century onwards. Using a selection of 100 main and 70 supplementary specimens from around the world, the publication examines a range of different subject matters, iconographies, styles, formats, themes and national characteristics over a 400-year time period. 2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 655.535.2:091
The echo of a fighting flower : the story of HMS Narcissus and B3 ocean escort group in WWII Coy, Peter 1997 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82Narcissus
Bismarck : 24 hours to doom /Iain Ballantyne "26 May 1941. After a bloody chase lasting more than 1,700 miles, Britain's Home Fleet is finally closing in on the world's most powerful battleship. There will be a fight to the finish between more than 5,000 men of the Royal Navy and 2,600 servicemen of Hitler's Kriegsmarine. Thousands will die - Published here for the first time, alongside a compelling narrative of the final 24 hours of the mission to sink the Nazi ship, are eyewitness accounts of Royal Navy sailors who saw the combat up close. Seventy-five years on from the epic mission to destroy the flagship of Hitler's navy, these testimonies are the product of a unique project by Iain Ballantyne. Over a period of several years he interviewed a select group of surviving veterans in the UK and one in Canada, with transcripts of those remarkable on-camera interviews forming the basis of the exciting first-person stories that unfold here. These final testimonies provide fresh insight into one of World War Two's most dramatic events."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542
Pirate women : the princesses, prostitutes, and privateers who ruled the Seven Seas /Laura Sook Duncombe. "In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside -- and sometimes in command of -- their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now. Here are their stories, from ancient Norse princess Alfhild and warrior Rusla to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs; from Grace O'Malley, who terrorized shipping operations around the British Isles during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; to Cheng I Sao, who commanded a fleet of four hundred ships off China in the early nineteenth century. Author Laura Sook Duncombe also looks beyond the stories to the storytellers and mythmakers. What biases and agendas motivated them? What did they leave out? Pirate Women explores why and how these stories are told and passed down, and how history changes depending on who is recording it. It's the most comprehensive overview of women pirates in one volume and chock-full of swashbuckling adventures that pull these unique women from the shadows into the spotlight that they deserve."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1-055.2