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The new Cunarder : Laconia : first-class accommodation : Brochure outlining facilities available to first-class passengers aboard the Laconia. [c1925] • EPHEMERA • 1 copy available. 347.792CUNARD STEAMSHIP(041)"1925"

Abolition of the slave trade : Royal Mail mint stamps : Royal Mail Group (Firm). 2007. • EPHEMERA • 1 copy available.

Scottish Arctic whaling / Chelsey W. Sanger. A detailed account of the Scottish Arctic whaling industry based on a study of primary sources, including government reports, whaling company statistics, harbour registers, crew agreements, log books and diaries. The author's research also included a study of newspaper articles which provided detailed reports on each year's 'whaling window', defined by the departure and return of the fleet. The author's research suggests that whaling vessels sailing from 16 Scottish ports captured close to 20,000 bowhead whales on the hunting grounds at East Greenland, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay between 1750 and 1900, eventually depleting stocks to an uneconomic level. Crews faced hazardous weather conditions, disease, injury and death. The book is arranged chronologically following the industry's growth from its early development to ultimate collapse. The text is supported by analysis of the vessels, their home ports and catch as well as photographic plates, detailed notes and bibliography. 2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1(411)

A secret among the blacks : slave resistance before the Haitian Revolution /John D. Garrigus. "Unearthing the progenitors of the Haitian Revolution has been a historical project of two hundred years. In A Secret among the Blacks, John D. Garrigus introduces two dozen Black men and women and their communities whose decades of resistance to deadly environmental and political threats preceded and shaped the 1791 revolt. In the twenty-five miles surrounding the revolt?s first fires, enslaved people of diverse origins lived in a crucible of forces that arose from the French colonial project. When a combination of drought, trade blockade, and deadly anthrax bacteria caused waves of death among the enslaved in the 1750s, poison investigations spiraled across plantations. Planters accused, tortured, and killed enslaved healers, survivors, and community leaders for deaths the French regime had caused. Facing inquisition, exploitation, starvation, and disease, enslaved people devised resistance strategies that they practiced for decades. Enslaved men and women organized labor stoppages and allied with free Blacks to force the French into negotiations. They sought enforcement of freedom promises and legal protection from abuse. Some killed their abusers. Through remarkable archival discoveries and creative interpretations of the worlds endured by the enslaved, A Secret among the Blacks reveals the range of complex, long-term political visions pursued by enslaved people who organized across plantations located in the seedbed of the Haitian Revolution. When the call to rebellion came, these men and women were prepared to answer."-- 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 972.94/03

Tilt boats and hatch boats of Gravesend and the London river : 1555 - 1865 /David Patient "Tilt boats and hatch boats of Gravesend and the London river 1555-1865 tells the story of two significant vessels that worked the River Thames and served the City of London." 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Aircraft of the Royal Navy since 1908 / David Hobbs "This is a comprehensive study of every aircraft type ordered for the Royal Navy since 1908. It includes fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, rigid and non-rigid airships, unmanned aircraft and pilotless target aircraft together with many designs that were ordered but not built so that the importance placed on them by the Naval Staff or their potential technological impact on aircraft carrier design and operations can be explained. Every type - even unsuccessful single prototypes - is described; the majority are illustrated by photographs, many of which come from the author?s own collection, and fifty most significant aircraft have detailed drawings. The book describes over 400 different types of aircraft built by over 100 different manufacturers to offer the most detailed coverage of RN aircraft ever produced. Research for the book took over forty years and reference material included Admiralty Archives and an array of material in the public domain including manufacturer?s data, individual aircraft pilot?s notes and a wealth of published sources." 2024. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

All mapped out : how maps shape us /Mike Duggan. "Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural levels. This book takes you on a journey through the fascinating history of maps, from ancient cave paintings and stone carvings to the digital interfaces we rely on today. But it's not just about the maps themselves; it's about the people behind them. Discover how maps have affected societies, influenced politics and economies, impacted the environment, and even shaped our sense of personal identity. Mike Duggan uncovers the incredible power of maps to shape the world and the knowledge we consume. This is a unique and eye-opening perspective on the significance of maps in our daily lives" 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 526.09

Eyes of the fleet : a history of rotary-wing airborne early warning / airbourne surveillance and control in the Royal Navy, 1982 - 2022 Eyes of the Fleet tells the story of rotary-wing Airbourne Early Warning (AEW) and Airbourne Surveillance and Control (ASaC) in the Royal Navy in the forty years since the Falklands War. Starting with the hurried conversion of two Sea King AEW helicopters for service in the South Atlantic, this beautifully illustrated volume charts the evolution of the Royal Navy's anti-submarine warfare capability. The Sea King AEW Mk 2 and ASaC Mk 7 variants are covered as is the introudction of the Merlin HM Mk 1 and Mk 2 along with details of the development of Crowsnest. 2022 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Indentured labor, Caribbean sugar: Chinese and Indian migrants to the British West Indies, 1838-1918 /Walton Look Lai ; introduction by Sidney W. Mintz. " ... Offers the first comprehensive study of Asian immigration and the indenture system in the entire British West Indies -- with particular emphasis on the experiences of indentured laborers in the major receiving colonies of British Guiana, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Exploring living and working conditions as well as the makeup of immigrant communities and their cultures, Look Lai offers a "dialectical pluralist" model of Caribbean acculturation that contrasts with the more familiar "melting pot" or "pure pluralist" model."--Publisher's description. [1993] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/63

The journal of commerce and shipping telegraph Anchor Line (Firm) 1937. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 347.792ANCHOR(055)"1937"

Dynasties : painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530-1630 /edited by Karen Hearn 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 061.43(083.83)

A short history of naval and marine engineering / by Smith, Edgar C Smith, Edgar C. 1937 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82"18/19"

A maritime archaeology of ships : innovation and social change in medieval and early modern Europe /Jonathan Adams. "In the last fifty years the investigation of maritime archaeological sites in the sea, in the coastal zone and in their interconnecting locales, has emerged as one of archaeology's most dynamic and fast developing fields. No longer a niche interest, maritime archaeology is recognised as having central relevance in the integrated study of the human past. Within maritime archaeology the study of watercraft has been understandably prominent and yet their potential is far from exhausted. In this book Jon Adams evaluates key episodes of technical change in the ways that ships were conceived, designed, built, used and disposed of. As technological puzzles they have long confounded explanation but when viewed in the context of the societies in which they were created, mysteries begin to dissolve. Shipbuilding is social practice and as one of the most complex artefacts made, changes in their technology provide a lens through which to view the ideologies, strategies and agency of social change. Adams argues that the harnessing of shipbuilding was one of the ways in which medieval society became modern and, while the primary case studies are historical, he also demonstrates that the relationships between ships and society have key implications for our understanding of prehistory in which seafaring and communication had similarly profound effects on the tide of human affairs."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 930.26(204)

Observations of the transit of Venus at Prince of Wales's fort in 1769 Ball, Timothy 1984 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 521.842

Museums in the mixed economy : proceedings of the Milan seminar April 1983 Arthur Andersen & Co 1983 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069.64

The Environment of early man in the British Isles Evans, John G 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 911.5(42):571

Keeping atomic time Essen, Louis 1967 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 529.77

ICOM 89 Museums : generators of culture International Council of Museums (15 : 1989, Aug 27 - Sep 6 : The Hague) 1989 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.3

Philips' historical atlas of Canada 1966 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 912.44(71)(091)

Gallionsfigurer og ornamenter pa danske skibe og i danske samlinger Poulsen, Hanne 1976 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 745.51(26:489)

Robert Molyneux's astronomical clocks and chronometers Wood, Christopher 1972 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92Molyneux

Japan pilot : vol 3 comprising Naikai (the inland sea of Japan) Great Britain. Hydrographic Department 1966 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83

Greenwich time and the prime meridian Smith, Humphry M 1975 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 529.771

Landscape : the printmaker's view Tate Gallery 1981 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 76.036(42)

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