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Instructions for 76 m/m 3 inch quick firing Armstrong gun, and naval landing carriage & limber : description of gun Armstrong Whitworth (Firm) [18--?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.422.22:623.94

National Maritime Museum : souvenir guide /[written by Kevin Littlewood and Pieter van der Merwe ; photography by Tina Chambers ... et al.]. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 2008. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 069(26:421.6)

Liverpool Nautical Research Society : the bulletin. • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Observatory 1985-date incomplete run • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

Panorama of the Thames : a riverside view of Georgian London /John R. Inglis & Jill Sanders. "This historical gift book is a reincarnation of a guide to the river Thames first published 1829 by Samuel Leigh. The original was a concertina of 45 printed and hand-coloured sheets, glued together to form a magnificent 60ft depiction of the river's north and south banks or Middlesex and Surrey banks, as they were then from Westminster Bridge to Petersham Meadows in Richmond. Among the buildings that stood along this 30-mile stretch of river in those days were many that no longer exist including the Houses of Parliament before they burned down in 1834, or the factory owned by the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel but others still stand today. A great deal of the original panorama shows just trees and foliage, so for this book it has been edited down to feature the most interesting sections. These are grouped into 19 villages, each with a short 200-word introduction. The buildings are captioned (in the present tense, for vivid appeal), and there is an AZ detailing landmarks and key buildings in each section. Written in collaboration with local experts and various local history societies, these descriptions are richly informative and include information on the waterway, the landscape, and the people who lived and worked on the banks of the river at the end of the Georgian era."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. (411)7.047 ING

Why the Titanic was doomed : a disaster of circumstance /Bryan Jackson. "Titanic - the most magnificent ocean liner of her time - was doomed and destined for disaster before she ever left the docks at Southampton. Doomed by her owner, doomed by her designers, doomed by the men who sailed her - doomed even by her sister ship. Author Bryan Jackson presents a new and unique look at the many circumstances that came together the night of April 14, 1912 to claim over 1,500 lives and leave Titanic lying in 12,000 feet of water on the bottom of the North Atlantic. Each chapter details how seemingly disconnected pieces served to create a tragedy that remains as significant today as it was over a century ago. They include flawed design decisions, outdated regulations, substandard materials, weather conditions, lookouts left blinded and warnings never acted upon. Perhaps the most fascinating piece is a look at how events involving sister ship Olympic would result in Titanic being placed directly on course to meet the iceberg which would sink her. In addition, Jackson offers a look at the circumstances that saved some from perishing in the tragedy. They range from the rich and famous - to family members traveling in third-class who managed to escape the sinking while the majority of the passengers sailing in those accommodations would not survive. Also provided is a comprehensive Titanic timeline which details the events which lead to her construction - and eventual destruction."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.9163/4

Sailing directions for the navigation of the inner route through Torres Straits; with a description of the north eastern coast of New South Wales from Breaksea Spit to Cape York King, Philip Parker, ca1830 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83(265)

New and extensive sailing directions for the navigation of the North Sea Norie, J W (comp) 1818 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83(261.2)

Infinity wanderers : premier issue #1 /edited by Grey Wolf. Wolf, Grey [2022] • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The mirror of literature, amusement and instruction. 2010. • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 629.123NOVELTY

Album cartografico do Rio de Janeiro (seculos XVIII e XIX) Cunha, Lygia da Fonseca Fernandes da 1971 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 912.44(81)"17/18"

From hardships to steamships : memoirs of a merchant seaman during World War II /Charlie Workman. Memoirs of ordinary seaman Charlie Workman commencing with his left-wing working-class childhood in poverty. A sequence of stories about his life on board various ships during the Second World War and after. Covers the basic day-to-day experiences of what life was like in the Merchant Navy and includes many insights into the routines and accidents on board ship and the people he observed and interacted with. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WORKMAN

Titanic captain : the life of Edward John Smith /G.J. Cooper. A biography of Edward John Smith (1850-1912), captain of the Titanic. Born in Staffordshire, Smith went to sea at the age of seventeen and rose through the ranks of the merchant navy. He served on both sailing ships and later the steamships of the White Star Line. Given the command of RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage in 1912, Smith, regarded by many as the 'millionaire's captain', was by then White Star's senior commander, admired and trusted by his wealthy passengers. Smith died following Titanic's collision with an iceberg. There are conflicting reports of Smith's actions and behaviour in the evacuation of the ship and of his death. Although open to criticism for his seamanship, Smith was exonerated of blame by both the US and British official inquiries. Perceived by many as a hero for his stoicism and fortitude in the face of disaster, the author also details the campaigns to memorialize his name. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SMITH, JOHN

Ships without names : the story of the Royal Navy's tank landing Ships of World War II MacDermott, Brian 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.828.5:940.545

The many faces of slavery : new perspectives on slave ownership and experiences in the Americas /edited by Lawrence Aje and Catherine Armstrong. "While the plantation accounts for 90 per cent of slave ownership and experience in the Americas, its centrality to the common conceptions of slavery has arguably led to an oversimplified understanding of its multifarious forms and complex dynamics in the region. The Many Faces of Slavery explores non-traditional forms of slavery that existed outside the plantation system to illustrate the pluralities of slave ownership and experiences in the Americas, from the 17th to the 19th century. Through a wide range of innovative and multi-disciplined approaches, the book's chapters explore the existence of urban slavery, slave self-hiring, quasi-free or nominal slaves, domestic slave concubines, slave vendors, slave soldiers and sailors, slave preachers, slave overseers, and many other types of societies with slaves. Moreover, it documents unconventional forms of slave ownership like slave-holding by poor whites, women, free blacks, Native Americans, Jewish Americans, corporations and the state. The Many Faces of Slavery broadens our traditional conception of slavery by complicating our understanding of slave experience and ownership in slavery-practising societies throughout Atlantic history."--Provided by publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/620973

19th century Cork Sutton mariners, sailing ships and crews / John Sutton Sutton, J. 2022?] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. txt

Legacy of Violence : A History of the British Empire /Caroline Elkins. "A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. Sprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain's empire was the largest in human history. For many, it epitomized the nation's cultural superiority, but what legacy have we delivered to the world? Spanning more than two hundred years of history, Caroline Elkins reveals an evolutionary and racialized doctrine that espoused an unrelenting deployment of violence to secure and preserve British imperial interests. She outlines how ideological foundations of violence were rooted in Victorian calls for punishing indigenous peoples who resisted subjugation, and how over time this treatment became increasingly systematised. And she makes clear that when Britain could no longer maintain control over the violence it provoked and enacted, Britain retreated from its empire, destroying and hiding incriminating evidence of its policies and practices. Drawing on more than a decade of research on four continents, Legacy of Violence implicates all sides of the political divide regarding the creation, execution, and cover-up of imperial violence. By demonstrating how and why violence was the most salient factor underwriting both the empire and British imperial identity, Elkins explodes long-held myths and sheds a disturbing new light on empire's role in shaping the world today"--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 909.0971241082

San Carlos to Stanley : 40 commando in the Falklands War /Peter Jackson-Lee. "San Carlos to Stanley is the first history of 40 Commando in the Falklands and dispels the belief that their only role was to look after the beachhead during this conflict. Commadore Clapp requested the men of 40 Commando remain at San Carlos as he knew he could trust them to defend his vital anchorage against Argentine counterattack from West Falkland, without which there could be no advance. Initially tasked to fly to the Falklands as tension heightened prior to the Argentine invasion, A Company, 40 Commando eventually left the UK onboard HMS Hermes ahead of the main task force. After the Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad tragedy, A and C Companies, 40 Commando replaced the Welsh Guards' losses and moved forward with that battalion to be the reserve force for the Scots Guards' attack on Mount Tumbledown and the 1/7 Gurkhas attack on Mount William. Men of 40 Commando were involved in the only daylight helicopter assault of the Falklands conflict, against an Argentine position on Sapper Hill, and if the Argentines had not surrendered and all British movements stopped, C Company followed by A Company would have been first to reach Stanley."--Provided by the Publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 997.11

Empireland : how imperialism has shaped modern Britain /Sathnam Sanghera. "In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how our past is everywhere: from how we live to how we think, from the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism, from our distrust of intellectuals in public life to the exceptionalism that imbued the campaign for Brexit and the government's early response to the Covid crisis. And yet empire is a subject, weirdly hidden from view. The British Empire ran for centuries and covered vast swathes of the world. It is, as Sanghera reveals, fundamental to understanding Britain. However, even among those who celebrate the empire there seems to be a desire not to look at it too closely - not to include the subject in our school history books, not to emphasize it too much in our favourite museums. At a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, Sanghera's book urges us to address this bewildering contradiction. For, it is only by stepping back and seeing where we really come from, that we can begin to understand who we are, and what unites us."--Provided by publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941

Battle of Malta : June 1940-November 1942 /Anthony Rogers ; illustrated by Graham Turner. "On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta - which dominated the central Mediterranean and all-important sea routes to and from North Africa - was bombed for the first time by aircraft of the Italian Regia Aeronautica. The Italians were joined in their efforts by the German Luftwaffe in January 1941. Malta was effectively beleaguered for nearly two and a half years, dependent for survival on naval supply convoys and reliant for defence on often-outnumbered fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns. Anthony Rogers provides a retelling of these events, drawing on accounts from both sides. This work features carefully selected photographic images, some previously unpublished. Seven specially commissioned colour maps explore the stategic situation in the Mediterranean in this period, the military sectors into which Malta's defence was divided, and German minelaying operations around the island. The three stunning battlescene artworks and 3D bird's-eye views show key events from the battle, including the 26 July 1941 German attack on the Grand Harbour, and the major Luftwaffe raid 21 March 1942."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.534585

British warships & auxiliaries : 2006/2007 /Steve Bush. Bush, Steve. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.8250942

British warships & auxiliaries : 2007/2008 /Steve Bush. Bush, Steve. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.8250942

Black England : a forgotten Georgian history /Gretchen Gerzina. "The idea that Britain became a mixed-race country after 1945 is a common mistake. Georgian England had a large and distinctive Black community. Whether prosperous citizens or newly freed slaves, they all ran the risk of kidnap and sale to plantations. Black England tells their dramatic, often moving stories. In the eighteenth century, Black people could be found in clubs and pubs, there were special churches, Black-only balls and organisations for helping Black people who were out of work or in trouble. Many were famous and respected: most notably Francis Barber, Doctor Johnson's beloved manservant; Ignatius Sancho, a correspondent of Laurence Sterne; Francis Williams, a Cambridge scholar, and Olaudah Equiano whose Interesting Narrative went into multiple editions. But far more were ill-paid and ill-treated servants or beggars, despite having served Britain in war and on the seas. For alongside the free world there was slavery, from which many of these Black Britons had escaped. The triumphs and tortures of Black England, the ambivalent relations between the races, sometimes tragic, sometimes heart-warming, are brought to life in this wonderfully readable history. Black England explores a fascinating chapter of our shared past, a chapter that has been ignored too long."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

A cultural history of the sea in the age of empire / edited by Margaret Cohen. "Throughout history, how has the sea served as a site for cross-cultural exchange, trade and migration? As historians, how do the fields of naval history, maritime history and oceanic history intersect? The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Medieval Age (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6 Global Age (1920 - 2000+)."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 209.6

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