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Shipwrecked heritage : a commentary on the UNESCO Convention on underwater cultural heritage /Patrick J. O'Keefe, honorary professor, University of Queensland. O'Keefe, Patrick J. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.799.2

The last voyage of the Lucette / Douglas Robertson. Robertson, Douglas, Ã2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3LUCETTE

Art for the Nation : the oil paintings collections of the National Maritime Museum /edited by Geoff Quilley ; with contributions from John Bonehill, Caroline Corbeau, Olivia Horsfall Turner, Eleanor S. Hughes, Roger Quarms and Pieter van der Merwe. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 2006. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 069(6:421.6):75

Shackleton : by endurance we conquer /Michael Smith. Ernest Shackleton is one of history's great explorers, an extraordinary character who pioneered the path to the South Pole over 100 years ago and became a dominant figure in Antarctic discovery. A charismatic personality, his incredible adventures on four expeditions to the Antarctic have captivated generations. He joined the Empire's last great endeavor of exploration: to conquer the South Pole with Scott on the Discovery expedition. A clash with Scott led to Shackleton being ordered home and started a bitter feud between the two. Shackleton's riposte was the Nimrod expedition, which uncovered the route to the Pole and honed the leadership skills that later encouraged men to overcome unimaginable hardship on the Endurance expedition of 1914. But Shackleton was a flawed character whose chaotic private life, marked by romantic affairs, unfulfilled ambitions, and failed business ventures, contrasted with celebrity status as the leading explorer. Persistent money problems left his men unpaid and his family with debts. Drawing on extensive research of original diaries, letters, and many other publications, Michael Smith brings a fresh perspective to the heroic age of Polar exploration, which was dominated by Shackleton's complex, compelling, and enduringly fascinating story. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92SHACKLETON

The Thames Iron Works 1837-1912 : a major shipbuilder on the Thames /Daniel Harrison. "The Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, one of the great private enterprises of the Victorian age, launched some of the most famous warships of the time from its slipways at the mouth of the River Lea. A pioneer of shipbuilding in iron, the yard's expertise was also deployed in ground-breaking civil engineering projects using iron structures. Several important components of the yard were investigated at a Crossrail site on the Limmo peninsula, including engineering workshops, a furnace, a mast house and mould loft building, and a slipway. An account of the history of the company places it in the wider context of London?s 19th-century shipbuilding industry."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12THAMES

The Battle of the River Plate : the first naval battle of the Second World War /Gordon Landsborough. "At dawn on 13 December 1939, smoke was seen on the horizon; HMS Exeter was told to close in and investigate. Two minutes later a dramatic signal was sent from the British cruiser - 'I think it is a pocket battleship.' It was. The Deutschland-class heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, marauder of the South Atlantic shipping, had sailed into a trap. Three smaller British cruisers closed in on a German warship which, so Hitler had boasted, could out-sail any ship powerful enough to damage her, and out-gun any ship able to keep up with her ? an invincible ship. So began the Battle of the River Plate, story which has its duplicates in British naval history, but which nevertheless brought pride and inspiration into the hearts of a nation unwillingly at war once again. A terrible battle was fought that day off the coast of South America, a naval encounter in the finest Nelson tradition - and true to that tradition, victory went to the men with the finest armament of all, courage. This edition will be presented with an Appendix containing the official despatch detailing the Battle of the River Plate."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.8"1939"

The moon : myth and image /Jules Cashford. Cashford, Jules. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 398/.362

Paths of glory : the life and death of General James Wolfe /Stephen Brumwell. "Ugly, gangling, and tormented by agonising illness, Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. Yet in 1759, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, he won a battle with momentous consequences. Wolfe's victory, bought at the cost of his life, ensured that English, not French, would become the dominant language in North America. Ironically, by crippling French ambitions on this continent Wolfe paved the way for American independence from Britain. Already renowned for bold leadership, Wolfe's death at the very moment of victory at Quebec cemented his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. He became an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice, immortalised in epic paintings and verse. During the past half century, however, Wolfe's reputation has undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who see him as a bloodthirsty and self-righteous mediocrity, famous for one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory. Was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated death? Stephen Brumwell's internationally praised biography seeks to answer that question, drawing on extensive research to offer a boldly argued reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic life changed the course of world history." --Provided by the publisher. Ã2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WOLFE

Scourge of the seas : buccaneers, pirates & privateers /Angus Konstam. Konstam, Angus. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.362.1"1620/1830"

Canaris, Chief of Intelligence Colvin, Ian Goodhope, 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.548.87(43)

The Tattie Lads : the untold story of the Rescue Tug Service in both world wars and its battles to save ships, lives and cargoes /Ian Dear Dear, Ian. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Industrial clusters and regional business networks in England, 1750-1970 / edited by John F Wilson, Andrew Popp. Wilson, J.F 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 711.55

Pacific crucible : war at sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 /Ian W. Toll. "On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative. This dramatic narrative, relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, is laced with riveting details of heroism and sacrifice on the stricken ships and planes of both navies. At the war's outset, Japan's pilots and planes enjoyed a clear-cut superiority to their American counterparts, but there was a price to be paid. Japanese pilots endured a lengthy and grueling training in which they were disciplined with baseball bats, often suffering broken bones; and the production line of the Zero - Japan's superbly maneuverable fighter plane - ended not at a highway or railhead but at a rice paddy, through which the planes were then hauled on ox carts. Combat losses, of either pilots or planes, could not be replaced in time to match the fully mobilized American war machine. Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that revises our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in their highest circles thought they could win. Those doubters included the flamboyantly brilliant Admiral Isokoru Yamamoto, architect of the raid on Pearl and the Midway offensive. Once again, Ian W. Toll proves himself to be a simply magnificent writer. The result here is a page-turning history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject."--Provided by the publisher. [2012]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.6

The rise and demise of slavery and the slave trade in the Atlantic world / edited by Philip Misevich and Kristin Mann. "Drawing on new quantitative and qualitative evidence, this study reexamines the rise, transformation, and slow demise of slavery and the slave trade in the Atlantic world. The twelve essays here reveal the legacies and consequences of abolition and chronicle the first formative global human rights movement. They also cast new light on the origins and development of the African diaspora created by the transatlantic slave trade. Engagingly written and attuned to twenty-first century as well as historical problems and debates, this book will appeal to specialists interested in cultural, economic, and political analysis of the slave trade as well as to nonspecialists seeking to understand anew how transatlantic slavery forever changed Europe, the Americas, and Africa." --Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1

The restoration of the old Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with a provisional list of instruments and clocks, 1676-1835/ [Ministry of Public Building and Works ; National Maritime Museum]. Great Britain. Ministry of Public Building and Works 1966. • PAMPHLET • 10 copies available. 520.1:069(26:421)

The Phillimore atlas and index of parish registers 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 912.44

The scientific secrets of Doctor Who / Simon Guerrier and Dr Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich, London. Doctor Who stories are many things: thrilling adventures, historical dramas, tales of love and war and jelly babies. They're also science fiction - but how much of the science is actually real, and how much is really fiction? The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who is a mind-bending blend of story and science that will help you see Doctor Who in a whole new light, weaving together a series of all-new adventures, featuring every incarnation of the Doctor. With commentary that explores the possibilities of time travel, life on other planets, artificial intelligence, parallel universes and more, Simon Guerrier and Dr Marek Kukula show how Doctor Who uses science to inform its unique style of storytelling - and just how close it has often come to predicting future scientific discoveries. This book is your chance to be the Doctor's companion and explore what's out there. It will make you laugh, and think, and see the world around you differently. Because anything could be out there. And going out is the only way to learn what it is. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 791.45/72

Merchant shipping (losses) : return showing separately, British Merchant and fishing vessels captured or destroyed by the enemy :also British Merchant vessels damaged or molested by the enemy, but not sunk :during the period 4th day of August 1914 to 11th day of November 1918 :to show, as far as is known, name, gross tonnage, position, and method of attack, cause of loss or escape, and number of lives lost /House of Commons. Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1919. • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 940.45:656.61.086.2

Tartu Tèahetorn = Tartu old observatory /koostaja/compiler Lea Leppik. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 520.1(474.2)

Court, country, city : British art and architecture, 1660-1735 /Mark Hallett "The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw profound changes in Britain and in its visual arts. This volume provides fresh perspectives on the art of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods, focusing on the concepts, spaces, and audiences of court, country, and city as reflected in an array of objects, materials, and places. The essays discuss the revolutionary political and economic circumstances of the period, which not only forged a new nation-state but also provided a structural setting for artistic production and reception. Essays cover such diverse topics as tapestry in the age of Charles II and painting in the court of Queen Anne; male friendship portraits; mezzotint and the exchange between painting and print; the interpretation of genres such as still life and marine painting; the concept of remembered places; courtly fashion and furnishing; the codification of rules for painting; and the development of aesthetic theory"-- 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7(42)"1660/1735"

Price list no 7 of surveying and drawing office sundries and accessories, etc / Heath & Co Heath and Co [1905?] • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 528.5(085)

Great south land. : How Dutch sailors found Australia and an English pirate almost beat Captain Cook... /Rob Mundle. "Australia's bestselling maritime historian explores the story of how the Dutch discovered Australia. For many, the colonial story of Australia starts with Captain Cook's discovery of the east coast in 1770, but it was some 164 years before his historic voyage that European mariners began their romance with the immensity of the Australian continent. Between 1606 and 1688, while the British had their hands full with the Gunpowder Plot and the English Civil War, it was highly skilled Dutch seafarers who, by design, chance or shipwreck, discovered and mapped the majority of the vast, unknown waters and land masses in the Indian and Southern Oceans. This is the setting that sees Rob Mundle back on the water with another sweeping and powerful account of Australian maritime history. It is the story of 17th-century European mariners - sailors, adventurers and explorers - who became transfixed by the idea of the existence of a Great South Land: 'Terra Australis Incognita'. Rob takes you aboard the tiny ship, Duyfken, in 1606 when Dutch navigator and explorer, Willem Janszoon, and his 20-man crew became the first Europeans to discover Australia on the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. In the decades that followed, more Dutch mariners, like Hartog, Tasman, and Janszoon (for a second time), discovered and mapped the majority of the coast of what would become Australia. Yet, incredibly, the Dutch made no effort to lay claim to it, or establish any settlements. This process began with British explorer and former pirate William Dampier on the west coast in 1688, and by the time Captain Cook arrived in 1770, all that was to be done was chart the east coast and claim what the Dutch had discovered."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(94)

Exodus : the story of the Atlantic ferry and the great migration to North America /by David Hollett. "Between the years 1830 and 1930 emigration from Europe to North America took the form of a mass exodus. During these years it is estimated that about 40 million people sailed from Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe for the United States, Canada, and other distant lands. Quite remarkably about 9 million of this number sailed from Liverpool, then the second largest port in Britain and the largest emigration port in the world. And the majority of these intrepid travellers headed for the 'New World' of North America, courageously opting for a one-way passage into the unknown. This work outlines the history of Liverpool and the operation of the 'Atlantic Ferry', at first worked by largely American owned packet ships and later by great ocean liners. Known collectively as 'The Liners of Liverpool' they were mainly owned by world famous shipping enterprises such as Cunard, the Collins Line, the Inman Line, the National Line, the Guion Line and the White Star Line. Mention is also made of the competition these Liverpool-based Lines had to contend with from Continental Lines, such as North German Lloyd and Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. The tragic story of the Irish and Scottish clearances and evictions, leading to disproportionately large emigrations from these troubled lands receive appropriate attention. There are also chapters on the persecution of Jews, notably in Tsarist Russia, prompting massemigration and the well-organised Mormon Emigration to the Great Salt Lake Valley. Shipwrecks and insurance scams; notable friends of the emigrants; Joseph Arch and his Agricultural Emigration; The American and Canadian Railroads; the 'Gold-Rush' adventurers, ongoing emigration statistics, and many other related subjects all get a mention in this carefully researched and profusely illustrated book. Throughout this work the port of Liverpool itself receives much attention and notably so in the chapters on the harsh reality of working-class life in the port in the 19th century; the coming of the Big Ships; the great Liners and Liverpool in the 1880s, and Shipping, Emigration and Industry in the port in the first decades of the 20th Century. Appropriately, one of the concluding chapters is dedicated to the loss of the White Star liner Titanic on the 15th April, 1912, after famously hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage to America, an event that will be commemorated in Liverpool this year to mark the centenary of this great disaster."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 325.2(4:73)"18/19"

Henry VIII's 500th birthday exhibition at Greenwich, May-August 1991 : in association with Sunday Express /National Maritime Museum. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 1991. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 069(26:421.6)

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