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Celestial navigation : a practical guide Davies, Arthur E 1992 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527

And now I want to go to sea The memoir of a merchant seaman, John Philip Brand, focusing on his apprenticeship with Ellerman Hall between 1938 and 1939 and early years aboard the ships City of Bristol, City of Guildford and City of Pittsburgh. The recollections include detailed descriptions of contemporary Bombay and Calcutta, and navigating the Hooghly River, together with lively accounts of working alongside Indian merchant seamen. [1998] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61.071

Cunard : a photographic history /Janette McCutcheon. This illustrated history of the Cunard line features over 200 illustrations, most of which were previously unpublished. These include artwork from Cunard advertising material, drawings, photographs, and souvenirs such as menus and tickets. The story of Cunard is recounted, from sucessful beginnings in the Atlantic and competition with the White Star Line; its losses and recovery after World War One, including developing the 'Queens'; its failing fortunes after World War Two; and its rise from strength to strength after the purchase of the Kvaerner line. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792CUNARD

Fighting the Great War at sea : strategy, tacticts and technology /Norman Friedman. "The overriding image of the First World War is the bloody stalemate of the Western Front, but although much of the action did occur on land, the overall shape of the war - even the inevitability of British participation - arose out of its maritime character. It was essentially a struggle about access to worldwide resources, most clearly seen in the desperate German attempts to deal with the American industrial threat, which ultimately levered the United States into the war, and thus a consequence of British sea control. This radical new book concentrates on the way in which each side tried to use or deny the sea to the other, and in so doing it describes rapid wartime changes not only in ship and weapon technology but also in the way naval warfare was envisaged and fought. Combat produced many surprises: some, like the impact of the mine and torpedo, are familiar, but this book also brings to light many previously unexplored subjects, like creative new tactical practices and improved command and control.rn The contrast between expectation and reality had enormous consequences not only for the course of the war but also for the way navies developed afterwards. This book melds strategic, technical, and tactical aspects to reveal the First World War from a fresh perspective, but also demonstrates how its perceived lessons dominated the way navies prepared for the Second."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 355.462(42)"1914/1918"

All at sea : the story of navigational charts : an exhibition to celebrate two hundred years of the Hydrographic Office Bodleian Library 1995 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 528.47(42)"1795/1995"

Liners, tanker, merchant ships : 300 of the world's greatest commercial vehicles Jackson, Robert 2002 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3/56

Guise : Un marino Britanico-Peruano para todos los tiempos /Michel Laguerre Kleimann. "Esta ediciâon narra las hazaänas de valor, heroâismo, abnegaciâon y nobleza del vicealmirante Guise, fundador de la Marina de Guerra del Perâu, y hâeroe que cruzâo el Atlâantico para luchar como prâocer de la independencia del paâis."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92GUISE

Passenger steamers of the River Fal / Alan Kittridge Kittridge, Alan 1988 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 797.11

Traces of India : photography, architecture and the politics of representation 1850-1900 Pelizzari, Maria Antonella 2003 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 72(54)

The history of Scarborough : from earliest times to the year 2000 /by Jack Binns. "There are at least thirteen other Scarboroughs in the world, but the Scarborough on Yorkshire's coast in England is the first and parent of all the others. This is a new account of a 2000-year old history of a place that has been Iron-Age camp, Roman signal station, Vikings' lair, Angevin castle, European fish fair, shipbuilding port and Britain's earliest watering resort that invented holidays by the sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

Analog and digital navigation in the late middle ages / James E. Kelley This study is part of a search for insights into the early evolution of European nautical (portolan) charts and navigation methods. Topics covered include: historical perspectives; geometrical navigation; Raxon del Marteloio theory; the "Circle and Square"; the Egerton MS.73 "How to Do It" Manual; Pietro de Versi's Raxion del Marteloio; Ramon Lull on Navigation; origins of the Raxon del Marteloio. Contains numerous diagrams. 2000. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527

Shipowners of Cardiff : a class by themselves :a history of Cardiff and Bristol Channel Incorporated Shipowners' Association /David Jenkins A history of the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Incorporated Shipowners' Association, founded in 1875 as the Cardiff Shipowners' Association but changing its name following a short breakaway from the Association by Bristol Channel Shipowners. Appendices provide a full list of chairmen, a list of the Association's Secretaries, a list of companies represented on the Association from 1895 onwards, individual membership figures, gross tonnage and numbers of Cardiff owned ships, committees on which Association members served and ships built for Cardiff shipowners under the British Shipping (Assistance) Act 1935 and British Shipping (Assistance) Bill 1939. Illustrations include photographs of the Association's chairmen. This is a revised edition bringing up to date an earlier text. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792(429.7)

The Blue Star Line : a history of the of the vessels of the company with photographs, cachets & covers /by Mike Dovey & Ken Bottoms. "This publication is based on the fantastic work of Society member Ken Bottoms who built a database for the Blue Star Line list of vessels that cannot be equalled. It was supplemented by the co-author who found over 620 superb photo-graphs of the vessels, many of which must be seen to be believed. Add to this the philatelic element of showing the majority of vessels with covers used by paquebot from around the world and we have a book that will stand the test of time for years to come, and for content will probably never be beaten."--Provided by the publisher. 2014 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

The boats of men of war / Commander W E May, with additions from Simon Stephens "In the age of sail, the boats carried by the men-of-war were an essential part of the ship's outfitting. They were necessary to move stores, act as the "engine" in confined waters, serve as amphibious raiders, and even to cruise independently as tenders to the mother ship. Over the centuries there have been many sizes, hull forms, and rigs employed, so the exact details proved a problem for model makers, marine artists, and builders of replicas. This new book, based on a work originally published in 1974, is still the only study of the whole history of this neglected topic. Now revised, expanded and much more thoroughly illustrated, it covers the boat 'establishments' (the sizes and types of boat formally allocated), the methods of hoisting and stowing them aboard ship, the design and construction of the boats themselves, their fittings, rigs and armament - guns, howitzers, and even Congreve rockets. With the largest collection of original naval boat draughts ever published, this new edition will be warmly welcomed by ship modellers and historians of the world's navies, as well as all small-craft enthusiasts."--Provided by the publisher. 1999 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 629.125.1/.3

Damned by destiny Williams, David L 1982 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3

Viking and early medieval buildings in Dublin : a study of the buildings excavated under the direction of A B O Riordain in High Street, Winetavern Street and Christchurch Place, Dublin, 1962-63, 1967-76 Murray, Hilary 1983 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 725(368:418.3)

The Queen's House : a brief architectural guide /[Pieter van der Merwe]. "This guide follows the current recommended route through the House, from the Hall to the first floor, then the ground floor on the Park side."--From cover. 2008. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 725.171(421.6)(083.83)

Artists and authors at war Covers a generation of artists in the broadest sense of the word, including painters, architects, writers, poets, sculptors, designers, musicians and others who served during World War Two. It includes a brief biography for each of the artists featured. This includes their principal artistic achievements, some background historical information, and articles written by the artists which describe their military service and the art they produced.The contributors include: Bruce Allsopp, Sir Martyn Beckett, Edward Hollamby, Claude Harrison, Arthur Hackney, Anthony Eyton, A Stewart Mackay, Richard Seddon, John Napper, Leonard Rosoman, Eric Taylor, William Gear, Laurence Whistler (Rex Whistler), Kenneth Armitage, Franta Belsky, William Maving Gardner, Sir Hardy Amies, Andrew Grima, Bill Ward, David Langdon, James Bostock, John Hawkesworth, Shaun Sutton, George Macdonald Fraser, Michael Gilbert, Ralph Hammond Innes, Richard Hough, John Prebble, Nigel Tranter, George Lloyd, Paul Griffin, John Press, Gavin Ewart, Randle Manwaring, Robert A Strand. 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7:82"364"

British mail steamers to South America, 1851-1965 : a history of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Royal Mail Lines /by Robert E. Forrester. A business history of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (later Royal Mail Lines), which from 1851 provided a mail service between Britain and South America. The author explores the wider political and economic context, covers the development of Argentina and Brazil as trading nations, and changes in ship design leading to the development of greater cargo capacities. He also looks at the importance of the refrigerated meat trade and the growth of passenger services. Facing the challenges of international competition, air travel and containerisation, the company ran into serious financial difficulties and was finally acquired by Furness, Withy & Co in 1965. Tables chart the changing trade conditions and financial position of the company. A fleet list covering the period 1851-1965 is included. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792ROYAL MAIL

The quiet revolution of Caroline Herschel : the lost heroine of astronomy /Emily Winterburn. "Caroline Herschel was a prolific writer and recorder of her private and academic life, through diaries, autobiographies for family members, notebooks and observation notes. Yet for reasons unknown she destroyed all of her notebooks and diaries from 1788-1797. As a result, we have almost no record of the decade in which she made her most influential mark on science when she discovered eight comets and became the first woman to have a paper read at the Royal Society. ... By piecing together - from letters, reminiscences and museum objects - a detailed account of the time, we get to see a new side to history's 'most admirable lady astronomer' and one of the greatest pioneering female scientists of all time."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HERSCHEL

Blackbeard : the real pirate of the Caribbean /Dan Parry "The book accompanies a multi-million pound BBC factual drama that explores the reality of the man behind the beard. Far from the caricature of films and novels, Blackbeard was a complex character, as charming as he was ruthless. The atrocities he indulged in, and how they eventually proved to be his undoing, are here explored through a fresh appraisal of surviving contemporary documents."--Provided by the publisher. 2006 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 92Blackbeard

1998 Yearbook of astronomy 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 52(058)

Nelson against Napoleon : from the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801 /edited by Robert Gardiner. 1997. • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 940.27

Diplomacy at sea Cable, James 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(42)"19"

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