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Horology; the national magazine for advancement of horology. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Van de Velde drawings : a catalogue of drawings in the National Maritime Museum made by the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde / Robinson, M S (comp). 1958. Robinson, Michael S 1958 • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 74.034(42:492)6

Museums and galleries yearbook 2007 Museums Association 2007 • FOLIO • 11 copies available. 069(42)

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

Das Geheimtagebuch des Sir Samuel Pepys 1660-1669 Pepys, Samuel, 1931 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Pepys(093.32)

The mariner's mirror. Society for Nautical Research (London, England) 1911- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Abson & Company : slave traders in eighteenth-century West Africa /Stanley B. Alpern. "Yorkshireman Lionel Abson was the longest surviving European stationed in West Africa in the eighteenth century. He reached William's Fort at Ouidah on the Slave Coast as a trader in 1767, took over the English fort in 1770, and remained in charge until his death in 1803. He avoided the 'white man's grave' for thirty-six years. Along the way he had three sons with an African woman, the eldest partly schooled in England, and a bright daughter named Sally. When Abson died, royal lackeys kidnapped his children. Sally was placed in the king's harem and pined away; her brothers vanished. That king became so unpopular as a result that the people of Dahomey disowned him. Abson also mastered the local language and became an historian. After only two years as fort chief, he was part of the king's delegation to make peace with an enemy, a unique event in centuries of Dahomean history. This singular book recounts the remarkable life of this key figure in an ignominious period of European and African history, offering a microcosm of the lives of Europeans in eighteenth-century West Africa, and their relationships with and attitudes towards those they met there."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ABSON

The voyage of the Ivan Korovin Hilton, Peter [202-?] • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The diary of Samuel Pepys, MA, FRS, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary of the Admiralty Pepys, Samuel, 1899 • BOOK • 9 copies available. 92Pepys(093.32)

The diary of Samuel Pepys / Pepys, Samuel. 1886-1888. Pepys, Samuel, 1886-1888 • BOOK • 10 copies available. 92Pepys(093.32)

Sailing ships / Simon Goodenough. Goodenough, Simon. 1981. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 387.2/043/09

The Ungovernable rock : a history of the Anglo-Corsican kingdom and its role in Britain's Mediterranean strategy during the Revolutionary War (1793-1797) /Desmond Gregory Gregory, Desmond 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1797"(42:44)

Exhibiting cultures : the poetics and politics of museum display 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.3

Composite tea clipper Cutty Sark / by G. C. Steele. Steele, G C 1939 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Hart's rules for compositors and readersat the Oxofrd university Press Hart, Horace 1967 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 655.25

The last journey of the San Bao Eunuch, Admiral Zheng He / Sheng-Wei Wang. "From 1405, in order to maintain and expand the Ming Dynasty's tributary system, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di (reigning 1402-1424) and Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji (reigning 1425-1435) ordered eunuch Zheng He to lead giant fleets across the seas. But soon after Zheng He's seventh and last voyage in the 1430s, the Ming emperors put an end to this activity and ordered all records of previous voyages to be destroyed. Chinese writer Luo Maodeng, knowing the history of some of these voyages, wished to preserve a record of them, but, conscious of the possible penalty, decided to record the facts "under a veil", in his 1597 novel, An Account of the Western World Voyage of the San Bao Eunuch. This is what Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang has concluded after reading and analysing Luo's novel. Her book, The last journey of the San Bao Eunuch, Admiral Zheng He, shows the methodology and evidential arguments by which she has sought to lift the veil and the conclusions she suggests, including the derivation of the complete trans-Atlantic navigational routes and timelines of that last journey and the idea that Zheng He's last expedition plausibly reached the ancient American Indian city, Cahokia, in the U.S. central Mississippi Valley in late autumn, 1433, long before Christopher Columbus set foot for the first time in the Americas. She supports the hotly debated view that Ming Chinese sailors and ships reached farther than previously accepted in modern times and calls for further research. She hopes this book will become an important step in bridging the gap in our understanding of ancient China-America history in the era before the Age of Discovery. An interesting contribution to an ongoing debate."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Disease in the merchant navy : a history of the Seaman's Hospital Society /Gordon C. Cook. Cook, G. C.-(Gordon Charles) 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 362.11:656.61

Naval Air Stations and the Defence of Dockyards : Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society Volume 14, April 2021; Conference held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich 16 April 2016 /Nicholas Blake (editor). "The Royal Naval Air Service was formed from the Naval Wing of the joint Royal Flying Corps (1912), but from 1914, when the RFC became the flying branch of the British Army, it was administered by the Admiralty Air Department. It merged with the RFC as the RAF in 1918. In 1924 the Fleet Air Arm was formed of RAF units operating from RN ships, brought under Admiralty control in 1939. Naval Air Stations guarded dockyards and promoted research and development. In 1917 the first night-time Gotha raid on Chatham Naval Barracks led to the first anti-aircraft gun emplacements. Wartime bombing caused Naval Air Stations to be built around British and overseas coasts, particularly along the English south coast."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Museums and the Holocaust / Norman Palmer, edited by Ruth Redmond-Cooper. "In January 2021, the Institute of Art and Law published the second edition of Norman Palmer's classic work, Museums and the Holocaust. In the twenty years since the first edition was published the scale of the looting and deprivation carried out during the years 1933-1945 has become ever more apparent, and looted art works are resurfacing in museums and galleries around the world. The ways in which museums and governments have responded to the challenges of achieving justice when confronted with claims vary greatly and this book looks at a representative sample of countries to examine their approaches to this issue and the legislation they have enacted. The book contains chapters on each of the countries with restitution committees (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom), together with a selection of other countries which highlight differences of approach (Australia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Poland and the United States). Separate chapters examine issues of common concern, including the passing of title (ownership), limitation of actions and immunity from seizure. Transnational developments are also examined, including the discovery of the Gurlitt Hoard, the efforts of the Max Stern Foundation to recover lost works and the role of the Monuments Men during and in the aftermath of the War."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

South Sea Argonauts : James Colnett and the enlargement of the Pacific 1772-1803 /Granville Allen Mawer. "'Who is Colnett?' So asks Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's Far Side of the World. Who indeed. As an adventurous teenager, James Colnett had sailed with Cook in the Resolution. He later became a pioneer in the Pacific sea otter trade, nearly starting a war with Spain in the process. He attempted to force Japan and Korea to admit British trade, and failing that smuggled pelts into China. He conducted a whaling reconnaissance to the Galapagos Islands and transported convicts to New South Wales. One way or another, James Colnett managed to intersperse fighting his country's enemies in the American and French wars with thirteen years plying the South Seas. Seeing himself as a latter-day Argonaut, he reflected that his working life had been devoted to 'enlarging the bounds of Navigation and Commerce'. The Pacific gave him ample scope."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The war with Hitler's Navy / Adrian Stewart. "As this well researched work reveals, Hitlers handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.The seriousness of the U-boat threat was never in doubt and in the dark days of 1940 1942, the Donitzs daring strategy coupled with the courage and determined actions of the captains and crews became perilously close to starving Britain into submission.But, despite having built and nurtured a surface fleet with capital ships of formidable power, Hitler was uncharacteristically cautious of employing them aggressively. Examination of the reasons for this make for fascinating reading, possibly stemming from the early loss of the Graf Spee and the fact that, whenever possible, the Royal Navy threw all its weight regardless of cost at the Nazi threat; the loss of the Hood in the pursuit of the Bismarck being one example. Even Goebbels could not spin the loss of a battleship.The War against Hitlers Navy describes in fascinating detail the many fronts on which the adversaries faced each other and analyzes the reasons for the ultimate outcome."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545943

The complete idiot's guide to the Titanic / by Jay Stevenson [and Sharon Rutman]. This is a quirky and easy-to-read guide to the Titanic disaster. The topic is covered in short chapters, each of which has an overview of the salient points. There are copious illustrations and photographs. The book covers the story of the Titanic, from details of her construction to the aftermath of the disaster, the public enquiries and the efforts to raise the vessel in later years. The last section of the book deals with premonitions of the disaster which many claimed to have experienced and myths surrounding the sinking of the Titanic. The appendices contain the following: A - Titanic Terms; B - Historic Ships; C - Names to Know; D - Titanic Passengers; E - Cargo Hold; F - Titanic Reading and Viewing. There is also an extensive index. 1998. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

Armoured cruiser Cressy : detailed in the original builders' plans /Andrew Choong. "The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the 'as-fitted' general arrangements, these drawings represented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Intended to provide a permanent reference for the Admiralty and the dockyards, these highly detailed plans were drawn with exquisite skill in multi-coloured inks and washes that represent the acme of the draughtsman's art. Today they form part of the incomparable collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, which is using the latest scanning technology to make digital copies of the highest quality. This book is one of a series based entirely on these draughts which depict famous warships in an unprecedented degree of detail - complete sets in full colour, with many close-ups and enlargements that make every aspect clear and comprehensible. Extensive captions point the reader to important features to be found in the plans, and an introduction covers the background to the design. The subject of this volume is best known for the disaster of 22 September 1914 in which Cressy and two sister-ships, Aboukir and Hogue, were sunk with great loss of life by a single small submarine in little more than an hour. Having been overtaken by the rapid advance of naval technology in the fifteen years since their construction, the cruisers were regarded as obsolete and employed on a task for which they were never intended. However, in their day they were powerful and innovative ships, with a significant impact on the way the armoured cruiser developed. This becomes clear from the analysis of the plans included in this book, which thus presents an original and more positive view of these ships that will enlighten - and perhaps surprise - many naval historians and enthusiasts."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82530941

Wives of the leopard : gender, politics, and culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey /Edna G. Bay. "Wives of the Leopard explores power and culture in a pre-colonial West African state whose army of women and practice of human sacrifice earned it notoriety in the racist imagination of late nineteenth-century Europe and America. Tracing two hundred years of the history of Dahomey up to the French colonial conquest in 1894, the book follows change in two central institutions. One was the monarchy, the coalitions of men and women who seized and wielded power in the name of the king. The second was the palace, a household of several thousand wives of the king who supported and managed state functions. Looking at Dahomey against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade and the growth of European imperialism, Edan G. Bay reaches for a distinctly Dahomean perspective as she weaves together evidence drawn from travelers' memoirs and local oral accounts, from the religious practices of vodun, and from ethnographic studies of the twentieth century. Wives of the Leopard thoroughly integrates gender into the political analysis of state systems, effectively creating a social history of power. More broadly, it argues that women as a whole and men of the lower classes were gradually squeezed out of access to power as economic resources contracted with the decline of the slave trade in the nineteenth century. In these and other ways, the book provides an accessible portrait of Dahomey's complex and fascinating culture without exoticizing it."--Provided by the publisher. 1998. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 320/.082/096683

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