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Jeremiah Dixon : scientist, surveyor and stargazer /Jonathan Peacock Peacock, Jonathan [2013]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DIXON

The transit of Venus enterprise in Victorian Britain / by Jessica Ratcliff. Ratcliffe, Jessica. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.42(42)"18"

Critical perspectives on colonialism : writing the empire from below /edited by Fiona Paisley and Kirsty Reid. "This collection brings much-needed focus to the vibrancy and vitality of minority and marginal writing about empire, and to their implications as expressions of embodied contact between imperial power and those negotiating its consequences from 'below'. The chapters explore how less powerful and less privileged actors in metropolitan and colonial societies within the British Empire have made use of the written word and of the power of speech, public performance, and street politics. This book breaks new ground by combining work about marginalized figures from within Britain as well as counterparts in the colonies, ranging from published sources such as indigenous newspapers to ordinary and everyday writings including diaries, letters, petitions, ballads, suicide notes, and more. Each chapter engages with the methodological implications of working with everyday scribblings and asks what these alternate modernities and histories mean for the larger critique of the 'imperial archive' that has shaped much of the most interesting writing on empire in the past decade."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.3/.4:941-44

Life in the English country house / Mark Girouard. Girouard, Mark. 1980. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 308(42)

Trinity House of Deptford transactions, 1609-35 1983 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.71(421.6)(093.2)

Battleship Ramillies : the final salvo /Ian Johnston with Mick French ; foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Johnston, Ian, 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82RAMILLIES

The Jefferson stone : demarcation of the first meridian of the United States Bedini, Silvio A. 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.4(160.1)(73)

My dear Murray : Admiral Sir George Murray KCB Aldridge, Barry 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Murray, George

In search of an admiral / by Rosalind Hadden. Hadden, Rosalind 2013. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92SHULDHAM

The business of transatlantic migration between Europe and the United States, 1900-1914 / Drew Keeling. Keeling, Drew 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325(4:73)"1900/1914"

Bay of Bengal pilot : the east coast of India north of Point Calimere, the coast of Bangladesh, the coast of Burma, the west coast of Thailand from Pakchan River to Chong Pak Phra, Anadaman Islands and Nicobar Islands. Great Britain.-Hydrographic Office. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83

Warships after Washington : the development of the five major fleets 1922-1930 /[by] John Jordan. Jordan, John 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82"1922/1930"

Crossing the bar : an oral history of the British shipbuilding, ship repairing and marine engine-building industries in the age of decline, 1956-1990 /edited by Anthony Slaven and Hugh Murphy. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(42)"1956/1990"

Bringers of war : the Portuguese in Africa during the age of gunpowder and sail from the fifteenth to eighteenth century /by John Laband. "Long before coal-fuelled ships and machine-tooled firearms, in the age of sail and black powder, the Portuguese were engaged all around the coasts of Africa in capturing trading towns, seizing slaves and searching for mineral riches. They fought their ancient Muslim foes wherever they encountered them, overthrew African kingdoms and resisted Dutch, Omani and Ottoman rivals. Campaigning over difficult terrain and in notoriously inhospitable climates, these were far from one-sided contests. Often victory was theirs, but so too were crushing, ignominious defeats in the field, debilitating sieges and humiliating capitulations. These were clashes between very contrasting societies with their own methods of warfare, choice of weaponry and concepts of what it took to be a heroic warrior. The enthralling tale of the Portuguese in Africa before the nineteenth century deserves to be every bit as familiar as the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Yet, surprisingly, few if any of their ferocious African wars are known to English-speaking readers. In this impeccably researched and spellbinding new book, John Laband seeks to redress this imbalance expertly recalling this remarkable saga in full for the first time."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(469:6)"14/17"

Public and private science : the King George III collection /cAlan Q. morton & Jane A. Wess Morton, Alan Q 1993 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069(421.3)

Battleships : the first Big Guns :rare photographs from wartime archives /Kaplan, Philip. "This new addition to the Images of War series takes as its focus the early Big Gun battleships that saw development and deployment during the First World War. Iconic ships such as HMS Warspite and Malaya feature amidst this pictorial history that is sure to appeal to fans of the series, and naval enthusiasts in particular. Vessels featured include the battleship Royal Sovereign, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, the cruiser HMS Gloucester, the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Barham and the Italian battleships Littorio, Cesare, Duillo, Vittorio Veneto, Conte di Cavour and Doria, amongst many others. British and international battleships feature side by side in a publication that offers a truly representative selection of the kind of vessels in action at this time."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.821.2(100)

Life and death on the Greenland Patrol, 1942 / by Thaddeus D. Novak, edited by P.J. Capelotti. "One of the untold stories of World War II is the guarding of Greenland and its coastal waters, where the first U.S. capture of an enemy ship took place. For six months in 1942 and against standing orders of the time, Thaddeus Nowakowski (now Novak) kept a personal diary of his service on patrol in the North Atlantic. Supplemented by photos from his last surviving shipmates, Novak's diary fills a void in the story of American sailors at war in the North Atlantic. It is the only known diary of an enlisted Coast Guard sailor to emerge from WWII. Though the Greenland coast was of vital importance to Allied forces, U.S. Coast Guard crews serving there were relegated to converted fishing vessels known as 'wooden shoes'. Hastily commissioned in Boston to serve as escorts for supply routes to new air bases in Greenland, ten Arctic trawlers were transformed into the basis of the Greenland Patrol, transporting young men who had never been away from home into a realm of mountainous icebergs, lurking U-boats, and the alien culture of native Greenland Eskimos. This story of the Nanok's 1942 patrol is a remarkable account of a sailor thrown into a global war in a remote area full of environmental hardships that few endured in World War II. Between the sudden excitements and mind-numbing boredom of military life, Novak records the routine details of day-to-day patrol, contacts with the native Greenlanders and their impenetrable way of life, and actions such as the loss of the cutter Natsek and its entire crew on the night of December 17,1942. Not an account of grand strategy or hand-to-hand combat, this story of a twenty-year-old petty officer on duty in the Arctic is rather the life of an ordinary individual at war, coping with rigorous hardships during a time of great crisis. Novak's account will be of significant value to students of the U.S. Coast Guard and of naval service in wartime. His illumination of the small details of a sailor's life and perceptive observation of the arctic region and its little-known people will appeal to anyone interested in maritime history."--Provided by the publsiher. 2014 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353.5(73)"1942"

British warships and auxiliaries, 1979 / [by Mike Critchley]. Critchley, Mike 1978. • BOOK • 4 copies available. 623.82(42)"1979"

Three brothers at Havana 1762 Keppel, Sonia 1981 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Keppel

Naval battles of the Napoleonic Wars : Cape St. Vincent, the Nile, Cadiz, Copenhagen, Trafalgar & others /W.H. Fitchett. "The wars against Napoleonic France and Spain in the early years of the nineteenth century have long fascinated historians and casual readers who are enchanted by the colour and romance of those incredible times. No aspect of the period has generated more interest and enthusiasm than the war at sea-fought between great naval commanders whose names from reverberated through time and who stood upon the decks of equally famous ships of the line in heroic battles. Here are the true life events that so inspired C. S. Forrester-and those who later followed his tradition of naval adventures to appeal to a new and enthusiastic audience. However, nothing in fiction is more remarkable than the actual events related in this book. Here are the true stories of the Victory, the Temeraire, the Orient and many other iconic vessels, and their famous and inspiring feats of naval warfare at Copenhagen, the Nile, Cadiz, Trafalgar and many other battles that helped shape the modern world."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1803/1815"(42)

Illustrating the phaenomena : celestial cartography in antiquity and the Middle Ages /Elly Dekker. "The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 524.3(084.4)

A history of the Royal Navy : the Napoleonic Wars /Martin Robson. The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the first truly global conflicts. The Royal Navy was a key player in the wars and the key enabler of British success - at the cessation of hostilities Britain emerged as the only power capable of sustained global hegemony based on maritime and naval strength. The most iconic battles of any era were fought at sea - from the Battle of the Nile in 1798 to Nelson's momentous victory at Trafalgar in October 1805. This book looks at the history of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from a broad perspective, examining the strategy, operations and tactics of British seapower. While it delves into the details of Royal Navy operations such as battle, blockade, commerce protection and exploration, it also covers a myriad of other aspects often overlooked in narrative histories including the importance of naval logistics, transport, relations with the army and manning. An assessment of key naval figures and combined eyewitness accounts situate the reader firmly in Nelson's navy. Through an exploration of the relationship between the Navy, trade and empire, Martin Robson highlights the contribution the Royal Navy made to Britain's rise to global hegemony through the nineteenth century Pax Britannica. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)

Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys Esq, FRS from his cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a life and notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke : deciphered, with additional notes, by Rev Mynors Bright, MA, President and Senior Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge :with numberous portraits from the collection in the Pepysian Library, printed in permanent Woodburytype ... Pepys, Samuel, 1876-1879. • FOLIO • 6 copies available. 92Pepys(093.32)

The War for All the Oceans : from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo /Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins Adkins, Roy-(Roy A.) 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.465.1(42:44)"1797/1815"

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