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Ferry services of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Jordan, S 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792L, B & SC

1000 years of the port of Gdaânsk / Marian Podgâorski ; translation Anna Bykowska. Podgâorski, Marian. 1997. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 627.2(438.16)

The mother of us all : a history of Queen Nanny, leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons /Karla Lewis Gottlieb. "The Mother of Us All is an analysis of the history of Queen Nanny, the great 18th century leader of the Windward or Eastern Jamaican Maroons. The importance of this great leader's struggle against British colonial empire and its institution of slavery on the island of Jamaica has previously been largely ignored. To correct this gap, oral histories, including myths, legends, songs, ceremonies and local language are analyzed, as well as written texts including legal documents, journals of the era, historical land grants and peace treaties, poems, novels, critical texts, historical texts and children's books."--Provided by the publisher. Ã2000. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 972.92/033/092

Picturing the Islamicate world : the story of al-Iòsòtakhråi's book of routes and realms /by Nadja Danilenko. "In Picturing the Islamicate World, Nadja Danilenko explores the message of the first preserved maps from the Islamicate world. Safeguarded in al-Iòsòtakhråi's Book of Routes and Realms (10th century C.E.), the world map and twenty regional maps complement the text to a reference book of the territories under Muslim rule. Rather than shaping the Islamicate world according to political or religious concerns, al-Iòsòtakhråi chose a timeless design intended to outlast upheavals. Considering the treatise was transmitted for almost a millennium, al-Iòsòtakhråi's strategy seems to have paid off. By investigating the Persian and Ottoman translations and all extant manuscripts, Nadja Danilenko unravels the manuscript tradition of al-Iòsòtakhråi's work, revealing who took an interest in it and why"-- [2021] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.917/67

Shipping : today and yesterday. 1990- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Venetian seamen in the nautical revolution of the middle ages Lane, Frederic C 1973 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 656.61.071.22:945.03

Atlas coelestis / Flamsteed, John. 1753. Flamsteed, John 1753 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:524.3(084)

The voyages and manifesto of William Fergusson, a surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739 / edited by Derek L. Elliott. "This volume brings to publication for the first time the manuscript of William Fergusson, a Scottish ship's surgeon who sailed for the East India Company in the 1730s. Written in 1767, while in retirement, Fergusson's diaries are the memories of his youth spent travelling the world during his apprenticeship. They detail the four voyages he took, the first, a passage from Scotland to England with a lading in Ireland, and three others to the East, calling at ports in the Atlantic, southern Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia, before reaching as far as China. Almost nothing is known of Fergusson and none of his other writings are known to survive. Remaining evidence suggests that he was an average man of his class, who travelled the well-plied trade routes of European merchant capitalism. While many logbooks of these voyages survive, comparatively few accounts were written by the men who sailed them. Fewer still ever come to light. Fergusson's manuscript offers a rare new source on what were by then the relatively routine voyages of the East India Company's early trading network, providing a treasure trove of comments on the politics, economics, societies, and religious beliefs and practices he witnessed along the way. Originally titled 'Journals of my Voyages & Manifesto', the name suggests Fergusson's manuscript offers far more than the insights usually contained in contemporary travelogues. In his manifesto, readers will discover Fergusson's impassioned polemics on natural religion, devotional 'enthusiasm', just governance, all while he implores the principles of rationality and reason. It is truly a manifesto of Enlightenment thought. As such, it also provides a unique example of how those who sailed for the East India Company during the early modern era participated in a global intellectual exchange of ideas. Fergusson wrote his private memories in twenty-two small bound booklets, all of which have been transcribed and annotated to guide the reader. These are presented here along with a critical introduction that contextualises the complex eighteenth-century world into which Fergusson voyaged, including elements of his role as a ship's surgeon, the Indian Ocean trading and political environment, and the ideas of the Enlightenment he so passionately expressed. Researchers interested in the histories of ideas, medicine, early-modern colonialism, maritime merchant empires, as well as historians of Africa and Asia, will find much new information to explore within the pages of this volume"-- 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22HAKLUYT

Memoirs of the RAS • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Naval War college Review • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Clocks. 1977]- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Historiae coelestis libri duo : quorum prior exhibet catalogum stellarum fixarum Britannicum novum & locupletissimum una cum earundem planetarumque omnium observationibus sextante, micrometro, &c. habitis. Posterior transitus syderum per planum arcus meridionalis et distantias eorum a vertice complectitur. Observante Johanne Flamsteedio A.R. in observatorio regio Grenovicensi continua serie ab anno 1676 ad annum 1705 completum. Flamsteed, John, 1712. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 52.092:094

Atlas coelestis novus : stellae per mediam europam solis oculis conspicuae secundum veras lucis magnitudines e coelo ipso = Neuer Himmel-Atlas :Darstellung der im mittleren Europa mit blossen Augen sichtbaren Sterne nach ihren wahren, unmittelbar von Himmel entnommenen Grossen /Eduardo Heis = Eduard Heis. Heis, Eduard, 1872. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 524.3(084.4)

Turner's modern world / David Blayney Brown, Amy Concannon, James Finch And Sam Smiles. "Published to accompany a landmark exhibition of the art of J.M.W. Turner, this publication will highlight Turner's contemporary imagery, the most exceptional and distinctive aspect of his work throughout his career. Rather than making any claims for Turner's protomodernist credentials, it will explore what constituted modernity, and what it meant to be a modern artist, in his lifetime. Turner's career spanned revolution and the Napoleonic War, Empire, the explosion of finance capitalism, the transition from sail to steam and from manpower to mechanisation, political reform and scientific and cultural advances that transformed society and shaped the modern world. While historians have long recognised that the industrial and political revolutions of the late eighteenth century inaugurated farreaching change and modernisation, these were often ignored by artists as they did not fit into established categories of pictorial representation. This exhibition and its accompanying publication will show Turner updating the language of art and transforming his style and practice to produce revelatory, definitive interpretations of modern subjects."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 700.941

Deadly winter : the life of Sir John Franklin Beardsley, Martyn 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"18"

The Routledge companion to marine and maritime worlds, 1400-1800 / edited by Claire Jowitt, Craig Lambert, and Steve Mentz. "The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds, 1400-1800 explores early modern maritime history, culture, and the current state of the research and approaches taken by experts in the field. Ranging from cartography to poetry and decorative design to naval warfare, the book shows how once-traditional and often Euro-chauvinistic depictions of oceanic 'mastery' during the early modern period have been replaced by newer global ideas. This comprehensive volume challenges underlying assumptions by balancing its assessment of the consequences and accomplishments of European navigators in the era of Columbus, da Gama, and Magellan, with an awareness of the sophistication and maritime expertise in Asia, the Arab world, and the Americas. By imparting riveting new stories and global perceptions of maritime history and culture, the contributors provide readers with fresh insights concerning early modern entanglements between humans and the vast, unpredictable ocean. With maritime studies growing and the ocean's health in decline, this volume is essential reading for academics and students interested in the historicization of the ocean and the ways early modern cultures both conceptualised and utilised seas"--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4

Nelson's Navy : recruitment, promotion, discipline and death /Dr Nicholas Slope. "In this insightful work, Dr. Nicholas Slope, naval historian and archaeologist, presents a social history of the Royal Navy during the time of Vice Admiral Nelson. He analyses the muster, pay and log books of three Royal Navy Frigates, HMS Trent, Amazon and Glenmore, during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, using computer databases to explore life on board from 1793-1815. This book covers themes such as recruitment, officer development, child labour, promotion, desertion and death."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac 1933, 1934, 1957 - 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969 • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

American horologist and jeweler. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Chronomâetrophilia. 1976-. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

John Harrison and the quest for longitude / Jonathan Betts. The quest to accurately determine longitude at sea was one of the most remarkable endeavors of the eighteenth century. This is the story of John Harrison (1693-1776), the self-taught English clockmaker who dedicated his life to solving the ocean's longitude problem. From the end of the fifteenth century, merchants, explorers, and adventurers took to the open seas in unprecedented numbers as worldwide trade increased. These journeys were hazardous not only because of the inherent dangers of the ocean but also because, once out of sight of land, sailors had no accurate means of knowing their exact position. Long-distance sea travel was so dangerous that, in 1714, the British Parliament offered a prize to anyone who could solve the problem. Inspired, Harrison designed and built the marine chronometer: the first device to calculate longitude at sea. The chronometer quickly became a vital tool of maritime trade, revolutionizing sea travel and saving countless lives. John Harrison and the Quest for Longitude is the fascinating account of one man's quest to solve one of the greatest practical problems of his time. With sixty full-color images and technical drawings throughout, it sheds important new light on a fundamental piece of British maritime and horological history. 2020. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92HARRISON

Painting war : George Plante's combat art in World War II /Kathleen Broome Williams. "Scottish artist George Plante did not enter World War II as an artist but as a volunteer radio operator in the British merchant fleet. There he spent more than two years engaged in the long-running and fierce Battle of the Atlantic, splitting his time between Britain and the United States. But while dodging U-boats and battling the elements, he also painted"-- [2019] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92:7PLANTE

Thankfull Sturdee : Deptford Photographer /Crofts Sarah. "Thankfull Sturdee is known for his photographs of late 19th century Deptford but he was one of the earliest press photographers. This book brings together, for the first time, nearly all of his Deptford photos, a selection of his press photos and new research into his life and career. An indispensable book for anyone interested in Deptford history or photography."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 77STURDEE

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