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The Hakluyt society • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.
The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol Stewart, Ninian 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81PALESTINE
Astrolabes / Dominique et Eric Delalande ; Patrick Rocca. [20--?]. • FOLIO • 2 copies available.
Le uniformi delle marine Italiane prima dell'unita : la real marina Napolitana dal 1750 al 1861. Stato Maggiore della Marina (Italy). [1980?]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.14(45)"17/18"
Outsourcing empire : how company-states made the modern world /Andrew Phillips and J. C. Sharman. "From Spanish conquistadors through to pith-helmeted British colonialists, the prevailing vision of European empire-builders has been staunchly statist. But from the early 1600s through to the early twentieth century, from the East Indies to North America to Africa and the South Pacific, it was company states - not sovereign states - that played the most important role in driving European worldwide commercial and colonial expansion. In Asia, the Dutch and English East India Companies ingratiated themselves with mighty Asian rulers such as the Mughal and Qing Emperors to infiltrate Asian markets. In North America, the Hudson's Bay Company maintained a network of forts and factories across the continent closely integrated with American Indian trading routes and practices. And in Africa, the company states were first key intermediaries in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and later the colonial vanguards of the 'scramble for Africa.' Notwithstanding their central importance for both International Relations scholars and students of global history, company states remain largely ignored in studies of the modern international system's evolution and expansion. Beholden to an outdated historiography, most scholarship on the expansion of the international system looks only at sovereign states. Historians and historical sociologists have done more to acknowledge company states' pioneering role. But these studies have typically focused on individual company states in isolation, and have thus missed the significance of company states as key progenitors of the modern international system. As a result of this neglect, we lack an understanding of what defined the company states as a distinctive form of international actor, and how they served as crucial but now largely forgotten builders of the world's first truly global international system. Existing works struggle to account for rise, fall and fleeting nineteenth century resurrection of company states as agents of long distance commerce and conquest, as well as their sharply contrasting fortunes in different regions. Finally, unless we understand the nature and significance of company states, we cannot understand how inter-civilizational relations were mediated across trans-continental distances and deep cultural differences for the majority of the modern era. These are the vital gaps in our knowledge which the authors seek to address in this book."-- 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 909.08
Monarchs, ministers and maps : the emergence of cartography as a tool of government in early modern Europe 1993 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9
The journal of imperial and Commonwealth history. 1972- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.
The Cunard book of cruising Thomas, David St John 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61:379.857
Record repositories in Great Britain : a geographical directory /The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (Great Britain). 1982. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 930.253(42)
The shore whaling stations at South Georgia : a study in Antarctic industrial archaeology /Bj²rn L. Basberg. Basberg, Bj²rn L. 2004. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 639.245.1(829)
Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark : a golden age of shipbuilding in old images /Richard P. De Kerbrech and David L. Williams. "Once, the output of such yards as Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark was vital business of national and international importance. The Harland & Wolff yard had a long association of building ships for the White Star Line, culminating in the three largest passenger vessels of the Edwardian era, Olympic, Titanic and Britannic, as well as others for the International Mercantile Marine Co. This beautifully illustrated volume from Richard P. de Kerbrech and David L. WIlliams covers aspects of the construction and the skilled skilled craftsmen that worked on these ships, and many others, from the Edwardian era to the 1920s, revelling in atmospheric views of the boiler ship, foundry, machine ship and slipways, as well as many successful launchings. The richt array of images showcases the labour-intensive heavy engineering and shipyard practices that were once part of Belfast's major industry, now sadly no more."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 338.762382094167
Modern masters of etching : H. Rushbury A.R.A, R.E. 1928. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 762.2.036(42)
St John's Gate : headquarters of the Order of St John. Order of St John. [1975?]. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 929.711(421)
The discovery of Jeanne Baret : a story of science, the high seas, and the first woman to circumnavigate the globe /Glynis Ridley. "The year was 1765. King Louis XV had ordered the first French expedition around the world. appointing eminent botanist Philibert Commerson to seek out medicines, spices, and other resources that could give the French an edge in the ever-accelerating race for empire. Desperate not to be left behind, twenty-six-year-old Jeanne Baret - Commerson's peasant-born mistress, and a deeply knowledgeable plantswoman in her own right - disguised herself as a teenage boy and signed on as his assistant. As the ship stopped at strange new lands, the secret lvoers disembarked to collect and classify plants unknown to Western science, including the showy vine bougainvillea. But it wasn't long before the crew members on the cramped ship began to suspect her true identity. With this incredible true tale of intrigue on the high seas, Glynis Ridley offers a forgotten heroine the chance to bloom at long last."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4092
Natives : race and class in the ruins of empire /Akala. "From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his Mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today. Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, 'Natives' will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306
Mayflower / Hackney, Noel C. 1970. Hackney, Noel C 1970 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123Mayflower:086.5
Catalogue of the instruments manufactured by W F Stanley, optician, patentee and practical manufacturer of mathematical drawing and surveying instruments Stanley, W F and Co 1886. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.5
Stamp magazine : volume 55, number 5 Last, Barbara 1989. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789":820-3.6
Seaforth world naval review 2020 / edited by Conrad Waters. "Now moving into its second decade, The Seaforth World Naval Review 2020 provides an affordable yet authoritative summary of global naval developments over the past twelve months. Regional surveys of fleet evolution and procurement by editor Conrad Waters are supplemented by in-depth articles from a range of subject experts focusing on significant new warships, technological advances and specific navies. Features in this edition include in-depth coverage of the US Navy's Virginia class submarines, the Royal Navy's Tide class tankers and the Indian P28 Komorto class corvettes. Technological subjects include assessments of recent developments in submarine technology by Norman Friedman, whilst David Hobbs' usual review of naval aviation focusses on the F35 Lightning II. The in-depth fleet reviews look at Finland and Germany and analyse how they are responding to the increased Russian threat. Now firmly established as providing the only annual naval overview of its type, The Seaforth World Naval Review is essential reading for anyone - whether enthusiast or professional - interested in contemporary maritime affairs."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353"2020"
Conservation of flags / Symposium Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 14-18 November 1977. International Association of Museums of Arms and Military History 1977] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 929.9:061.3
The overseas trade of British America : a narrative history /Thomas M. Truxes. "In a single, readily digestible, coherent narrative, historian Thomas M. Truxes presents the 300-year history of the overseas trade of British America. Born from seeds planted in Tudor England in the sixteenth century, Atlantic trade allowed the initial survival, economic expansion, and later prosperity of British America, and brought vastly different geographical regions, each with a distinctive identity and economic structure, into a single fabric. Truxes shows how colonial American prosperity was only possible because of the labor of enslaved Africans, how the colonial economy became dependent on free and open markets, and how the young United States owed its survival in the struggle of the American Revolution to Atlantic trade."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 970.980
Ten Years in : implementing strategic approaches to cyberspace /Jacquelyn G. Schneider, Emily O. Goldman, and Michael Warner, editors. "This book represents a look beyond theories and analogies to examine the challenges of strategy implementation. In the essays that follow, practitioners who are building cyberspace forces at-scale join scholars who study power and force in this new domain to collectively offer a unique perspective on the evolution and future of cyber strategy and operations."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Black Americans in Victorian Britain / Jeffrey Green. "Black Americans informed the Victorian British and Irish about slavery and repression in the United States. Villages, towns and cities from Dorchester to Cambridge, Belfast to Hull, Dumfries to Brighton, also learned of their ambitions and achievements. Numerous publications were sold everywhere, and lectures were crowded. The refugees settled in Britain. Some worked as domestic servants, others qualified as doctors, wrote books, taught in schools, laboured in factories and on ships. The youngsters went to school. This book documents refugees, settlers, and their families as well as pioneering entertainers in both minstrel shows and stage adaptions of the 1850s best-selling novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. It offers new perspectives on both Victorian and Afro-America history."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.2
French warships in the age of steam 1859-1914 : design, construction, careers and fates /Stephen S. Roberts. "In 1859 the French navy was at a high point, having fought alongside the British in the Crimean War and developed a formidable fleet of fast wooden-hulled steam ships of the line. But in that very year the world's navies had to start over again when French naval architect Dupuy de Lãome introduced the ironclad battleship. The French navy then went through three tumultuous phases. In the 1860s and 1870s it focused on building a new traditionally-structured fleet in which wooden-hulled battleships gave way to iron and steel ships with massive guns and armour. In the 1880s and 1890s this effort was disrupted by a vigorous contest between battleship sailors and advocates of fast steel cruisers and small torpedo craft, leaving France by the end of the 1890s with few new battleships (none as large as the best foreign ships) but some two hundred torpedo boats. The Fashoda crisis in 1898 revealed the weakness of the French navy and between 1900 and 1914 the French focused on building a strong battle fleet. In 1914 this fleet remained well behind those of Britain and Germany in numbers, but taken individually French warships remained among the best in the world. This book is the first comprehensive listing in English of the over 1400 warships that were added to the official French navy fleet list between 1 January 1859 and World War I. It includes everything from the largest battleships to a small armoured gunboat that looked like a floating egg. The ships are listed in three separate parts to keep contemporary ships together and then by ship type and class. For each class the book provides a design history explaining why the ships were built, substantial technical characteristics for the ships as completed and after major reconstructions, and selected career milestones including the ultimate fate of each ship. Like its predecessors written jointly with Rif Winfield, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786 and French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861, with which it forms the third in a trilogy, it provides a complete picture of the overall development of French warships over a period of almost three centuries."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(44)"1859/1914"