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History of 43 Commando, Royal Marines ca1966 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 940.541.2:356.168

Mayflower : the pilgrim fathers' historic voyage of 1620 : enthusiasts' manual : the founding fathers, colonising the New World and the birth of modern America/Jonathon Falconer. "Published to mark the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 and the establishment of the first colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Haynes Mayflower Manual tells the story of how the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth in Devon to America, seeking to establish a fresh life in the New World free from religious persecution. After a gruelling 66-day journey across the Atlantic the ship and its 102 passengers ended landed at Cape Cod. In the harsh winter that followed roughly half their number died of disease and malnutrition. The group finally decided on a site in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they built their colony. From these challenging beginnings Plymouth became the birthplace of modern America. The Haynes Mayflower Manual looks at the first colonies and the first settlers in America; the story of the 'lost colony' on Roanoke Island, North Carolina; what made the Pilgrim Fathers travel to the New World; the historic voyage of the Mayflower; how seafarers crossed the oceans in the 17th century; early settler life in New England; the inspiring story of the replica Mayflower II in 1957 and its recent renovation for the 400th anniversary celebrations in September 2020."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 974.4/02

Captivity's collections : science, natural history, and the British transatlantic slave trade /Kathleen S. Murphy. "Cashews from Africa's Gold Coast, butterflies from Sierra Leone, jalap root from Veracruz, shells from Jamaica--in the eighteenth century, these specimens from faraway corners of the Atlantic were tucked away onboard inhumane British slaving vessels. Kathleen S. Murphy argues that the era's explosion of new natural knowledge was deeply connected to the circulation of individuals, objects, and ideas through the networks of the British transatlantic slave trade. Plants, seeds, preserved animals and insects, and other specimens were gathered by British slave ship surgeons, mariners, and traders at slaving factories in West Africa, in ports where captive Africans disembarked, and near the British South Sea Company's trading factories in Spanish America. The specimens were displayed in British museums and herbaria, depicted in published natural histories, and discussed in the halls of scientific societies. Grounded in extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, Captivity's Collections mines scientific treatises, slaving companies' records, naturalists' correspondence, and museum catalogs to recover in rich detail the scope of the slave trade's collecting operations. The book reveals the scientific and natural historical profit derived from these activities and the crucial role of specimens gathered along the routes of the slave trade on emerging ideas in natural history"-- [2023] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 508.0941

Consuls and captives : Dutch-North African diplomacy in the early modern Mediterranean /Erica Heinsen-Roach. "This work offers a new perspective on the history of diplomacy in the western Mediterranean, examining how piracy and captivity at sea forced Protestant states from northwest Europe to develop complex relationships with Islamic North Africa. Tracing how Dutch diplomats and North African officials negotiated the liberation of Dutch sailors enslaved in the Maghrib, author Erica Heinsen-Roach argues that captivity and redemption helped shape (rather than undermine) a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 327.49206109/032

Nelson's Pathfinders : a forgotten story in the triumph of British sea power /Michael Barritt. "During the Napoleonic Wars, more than twice as many British warships were lost to shipwreck than in battle. The Royal Navy's fleets had to operate in unfamiliar seas and dangerous coastal waters, where navigational ignorance was as great a threat as enemy guns. If Britain was to win the war, navigational intelligence was vital. In this landmark account, Michael Barritt reveals how a cadre of specialist pathfinders led by Captain Thomas Hurd enabled Britain's Hydrographic Office to meet this need. Sounding the depths on the front line of conflict, alert for breaks in weather or onset of swell, these daring sailors gathered vital strategic data that would eventually secure the upper hand against Britain's adversaries. Following the pathfinders across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Barritt shows how the honing of this skill set revolutionised the British way of war at sea - ultimately securing a lasting naval dominance." 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

The Norwegian merchant fleet in the Second World War / Kenneth L. Privratsky. Privratsky, Kenneth L., 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.2409481

The Sun : beginner's guide to our local star /Dr Ryan French. "The Sun is incredibly dynamic and shrouded in mystery, despite its apparent unchanging appearance in the daytime sky. In this guide, Dr. Ryan French explores history, science and modern observations to uncover the mysteries of the Sun. From ancient astronomers who hailed the Sun as a deity, to new age space exploration, the way we observe the Sun has come a long way. Humanity's scientific journey to understand the Sun has included many intriguing and humorous tales from over the centuries. In today's age, it is far easier to become a sun observer. Learn about cutting-edge space observations of the Sun and how to access these images from home. Uncover further methods of observing the Sun safely from your own back garden using off-the-shelf solar telescopes, DIY pin-hole cameras and solar projectors"--Provided by the publisher. [2023] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.7

Waves across the south : a new history of revolution and empire /Sujit Sivasundaram. "A bracingly fresh account of the origins of the British empire told from the waters of the global South. After revolutions in America and France, a wave of tumult coursed the globe from 1790 to 1850. In this major reassessment, Cambridge historian Sujit Sivasundaram, turns our understanding of this 'age of revolutions' inside out. He approaches the era not primarily from the perspective of European colonial forces, but from indigenous peoples in the Indian and Pacific Oceans as they faced empire, engaged in vibrant public debate and undertook a visionary enagement with modernity and revolutionary change. Waves Across the South brings together Sivasundaram;s work in far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research. Too often, history is told from the northern hemisphere, with modernity, knowledge, selfhood and politics moving from the Euro-Atlantic to influence the rest of the word. Waves Across the South tells the story from the viewpoint of Aboriginal Australians and Parsis, Mauritians and Malays. It shows how people of colour asserted their place and their future as the British empire expanded, overtaking the French and Dutch to establish global supremacy. This is a new history that is fitting for our times. It charts how colonisation brought with it tragic limitations to liberty, humanity and equality in southern hemisphere communities. Waves Across the South insists, too, on the political significance of the physical environment: the Bay of Bengal and the Tasman Sea were the essential contexts for the crashing waves of revolution, empire and counter-revoltuion. Naval war, imperial rivalry and oceanic trade had their parts to play, but so did hope, false promise, rebellion, knowledge and the pursuit of modernity. A compulsive story full of cultural depth and range, this is a world history that speaks to the urgent concerns of today. Only when looking from the water can we fully understand where we are now."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 909/.09724

The pirates' code : laws and life aboard ship /Rebecca Simon. "Pirates have long captured our imagination with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye patches, and buried treasure. But what was life really like on a pirate ship? Piracy was a risky, sometimes deadly occupation, and strict orders were essential for everyone's survival. These 'Laws' were sets of rules that determined everything from how much each pirate earned from their plunder to compensation for injuries, punishments, and even the entertainment allowed on ships. These rules became known as the 'Pirates' Code', which all pirates had to publicly swear by. Using primary sources such as eyewitness accounts, trial proceedings, and maritime logs, The Pirates' Code explains how the rules followed by these outlaws were key to pirates' success in battle, both at sea and on land."--Provided by the poublisher. 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.45

Pacific carrier war : carrier combat from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa /Mark E. Stille "A detailed and comprehensive study of the carrier formations of the Pacific War, including their origins, development and key battles from the Coral Sea, through Midway and Guadalcanal to the battle of the Philippine Sea. The defining feature of the Pacific Theatre of World War II was the clash of carriers that ultimately decided the fate of nations. The names of these battles have become legendary as some of the most epic encounters in the history of naval warfare. Pre-war assumptions about the impact and effectiveness of carriers were comprehensively tested in early war battles such as Coral Sea, while US victories at Midway and in the waters around Guadalcanal established the supremacy of its carriers. The US Navy's ability to adapt and evolve to the changing conditions of war maintained and furthered their advantage, culminating in their comprehensive victory at the battle of the Philippine Sea, history's largest carrier battle, which destroyed almost the entire Japanese carrier force. Examining the ships, aircraft and doctrines of both the Japanese and US navies and how they changed during the war, Mark E. Stille shows how the domination of American carriers paved the way towards the Allied victory in the Pacific."--Provided by the publisher. 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.5426

Mittelmeer-Reederei GmbH, Schwarzmeer-Schiffahrts-GmbH : zwei private Staatsreedereien im zweiten Weltkrieg/Ursula Gina Bock. Bock, Ursula Gina [2023] • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 380

The laying of a bibliographical ghost : the solving of a 37-year-old vexed question as to the existence or otherwise of an 1819 issue of Robert Southey's Life of Nelson : being an Addendum to Between wind & water (2015) and Southey's 'Nelson' (2019) /Michael Nash Nash, Michael 2024. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race / Reni Eddo-Lodge. "In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'. Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanised by this clear hunger for open discussion, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings. The result is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary examination of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism today. Full of clear, bold and keenly felt arguments, [this book] is a wake-up call to a nation in denial about the structural and institutional racism occurring at its heart. It is a timely, essential book by a vital new voice."-- 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.8

War, trade and the state : Anglo-Dutch conflict, 1652-89 /edited by David Ormrod and Gijs Rommelse. "This book re-examines the history of Anglo-Dutch conflict during the seventeenth century, of which the three wars of 1652-54, 1665-67 and 1672-74 were the most obvious manifestation. Low-intensity conflict spanned a longer period. From 1618-19 hostilities in Asia between the Dutch and English East India Companies added new elements of tension beyond earlier disputes over the North Sea fisheries, merchant shipping and the cloth trade. The emerging multilateral trades of the Atlantic world added new challenges. This book integrates the European, Asian, American and African dimensions of the Anglo-Dutch Wars in an authentically global view. The role of the state receives special attention during a period in which both countries are best understood as 'fiscal-naval states'. The significance of seapower is reflected in the public history of the Anglo-Dutch wars, acknowledged in the concluding chapters. The book includes important new research findings and imaginative new thinking by leading historians of the subject."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 949.204

The Order of the British Empire Galloway, P 1996 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 929.733

Robert Kemball (1823-87), master of the clipper Thermopylae and commodore of the Aberdeen White Star line Skinner, Raymond J. 2003 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92KEMBALL

Titanic calling : wireless communications during the great disaster /edited by Michael Hughes and Katherine Bosworth. Published to mark the centenary of the sinking, this book tells the story of the Titanic from a new angle: the role of wireless in the disaster. Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library the book recounts the fateful events of April 1912 using complete transcripts of the messages. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 621.394"19"

The face of naval battle : the human experience of modern war at sea Reeve, John 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49:92

George Romney : a complete catalogue of his paintings /Alex Kidson. "This magnificent catalogue, in three volumes and with nearly 2,000 illustrations, will restore George Romney (1734-1802) to his long-overdue position - with his contemporaries Reynolds and Gainsborough - as a master of 18th-century British portrait painting. The product of impressive and thorough research undertaken over the course of 20 years, Alex Kidson asserts Romney's status as one of the greatest British painters, whose last catalogue raisonne was published over 100 years ago. In more than 1,800 entries, many supported by new photography, Kidson aims to solve longstanding issues of attribution, distinguishing genuine pictures by Romney from works whose traditional attribution to him can no longer be supported. The author's insights are guided by rich primary source material on Romney--including account books, ledgers, and sketchbooks--as well as secondary sources such as prints after lost works, newspaper reports and reviews, and writings by Romney's contemporaries"--Provided by publisher. 2015. • FOLIO • 6 copies available. 759.2

Privacy at sea : practices, spaces, and communication in maritime history /Natacha Klein Kèafer, editor. "This book explores the idea of privacy at sea, from early sixteenth-century maritime expansions to nineteenth-century naval developments. In this period, the sea became a focal point of political and economic ambition as technological and cultural shifts enabled a more extensive exploration of maritime spaces and global coexistence at sea. The exploration of the sea and the conflicts arising from establishing control over maritime routes demanded a more nuanced distinction and negotiation between State and private efforts. Privateering, for example, became a bridge between the private enterprises and the State's warfares or trade struggles, demonstrating that the sea required public control at the same time as it enabled private endeavours. Although this tension between private and public interests has been explored in military and economic studies, questions of how the private appeared in maritime history have been discussed only through a particularly merchantile lens.This volume adds a new dimension to this discussion by focusing on how privacy and the private were perceived and created by the historical agents at sea. We aim to move beyond the mercantile 'private' as a direct opposite to the 'public' or the state, thereby opening the discussion of privacy at sea as a multiplicity of lived experiences."--Provided by the publisher [2023] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 155.92

Huddart Parker : a famous Australasian shipping company, 1876-1961 /W.A. Laxon ; completed by H.W. Dick, I.J. Farquhar & T.S. Stevens. "Huddart Parker was not only a famous Australian interstate shipping company, but also the only one to maintain a passenger line to New Zealand. Its coastal liners Westralia and Zealandia, trans-Tasman liners Ulimaroa and Wanganella, and Bass Strait ferries Nairana and Taroona were household names. Huddart Parker also operated a small fleet of interstate cargo ships, tugs at Melbourne and Port Adelaide, and excursion steamers on Port Phillip Bay. Besides shipping, it owned large coal mines, had shareholdings in various industrial companies and was a pioneer in domestic aviation.This book is the first to record the history of the company from the arrival of its founders during the gold rush of the 1850s through the establishment of the company in 1876 to its takeover and withdrawl from shipping in 1961. It includes a detailed fleet list and over 130 illustrations."--Provided by the publisher. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.506594

Bluenoses, bears and bandits : sea service to Commandos :an account of some events in the service life of the author /William J. Kitchingham. An autobiography by William Kitchingham, who served in the Royal Marines from 1941 through to 1979. The book includes accounts of Kitchingham's service in Winston Churchill's security detail in the US and Canada in 1943, then again at the Yalta Conference of 1945, his time in HMS Jamaica and HMS Duke of York, including at the surrender of Japan in Tokyo, then later as a Commando in Hong Kong, Malaya, Malta, and Yemen, as well as his career as a competitive marksman. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92KITCHINGHAM

Secret alliances : special operations and intelligence in Norway, 1940-1945 - the British perspective /Tony Insall. "A definitive appraisal of Anglo-Norwegian WWII cooperation, Secret Alliances provides remarkable insights into the uniquely close political relationship that afforded powerful assistance for a successful resistance movement. Using previously unpublished archival material from London, Oslo and Moscow, Insall explores how SIS and SOE developed productive links with their Norwegian counterparts - and examines the cruical intelligence from the Security Service and Bletchley Park codebreakers who supported their sabotage operations."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.48509481

Drawing on blue : European drawings on blue paper, 1400s-1700s /edited by Edina Adam and Michelle Sullivan with the assistance of Alec Aldrich ; contributions by Mari-Tere âAlvarez, Thea Burns, Marie-Noèelle Grison, Camilla Pietrabissa, and Leila Sauvage. "Through close collaboration between art historians and conservators, this volume traces the rich and intriguing history of European blue paper from its origins in fourteenth-century Italy to the eighteenth century when synthetic colorants became widespread. Resulting from a novel combination of object-based research, technical analysis, and experiential learning, a clear picture emerges of how innovations in paper manufacture yeilding new functional and aesthetic possibilities for artists."--Provided by publisher. 2024 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 741.94074/79494

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