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The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade : British policies, practices and representations of naval coercion /edited by Robert Burroughs and Richard Huzzey. "The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade has puzzled nineteenth-century contemporaries and historians since, as the British Empire turned naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects and legacies of this campaign. As the first academic history of Britain's campaign to suppress the Atlantic slave trade in more than thirty years, the book gathers experts in history, literature, historical geography, museum studies and the history of medicine to analyse naval suppression in light of recent work on slavery and empire. Three sections reveal the policies, experiences and representations of slave-trade suppression from the perspectives of metropolitan Britons, liberated Africans, black sailors, colonialists and naval officers."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8/0941/09034

The uncertain ally : British defence policy 1960-1990 Chichester, Michael 1982 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.02(42)

Abolition and its aftermath in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia / edited by Gwyn Campbell. "Examines the various abolitionist impulses, indigenous and European, in the Indian Ocean world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and assesses their efficacy within a context of a growing demand for labour resulting from an expanding international economy and European colonisation"--Preface. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8(267)

The rise and fall of British naval mastery / Kennedy, Paul M. 1983. Kennedy, Paul M., 1983 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)

Shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain : 1775-1815 /Jane M. Clayton and Charles A. Clayton. A companion volume to Ships employed in the South Sea whale fishery from Britain : 1775-1815 (Clayton, J), this explores the background and operations of the whaleship owners. Chapters cover the development of the British whaling industry and the wider commercial and political context. The 'Blackheath Connection' is highlighted as many of those involved in shipping and overseas trade lived in the area, including several merchants who owned vessels employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery and some of their ships' captains. Three hundred individual and corporate owners are listed with their ships and profiled with biographical and location information when available. 2016. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 639.28

The Cattewater wreck : the investigation of an armed vessel of the early sixteenth century Redknap, M 1984 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 656.61.085.3(423.5)

Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1947-1982 : Part 2: the Warsaw Pact and non-aligned nations /editorial dir. Robert Gardiner, ed. Randal Gray. 1983. • FOLIO • 4 copies available. 623.82(100)

Lifeboat directory : a comprehensive guide to British lifeboats, covering selected pulling and sailing lifeboats, steam lifeboats, motor lifeboats, inshore lifeboat types, boarding boats, training boats and selected independent lifeboats /Nicholas Leach. "This unique book is packed with information on motor, steam and sailing lifeboats, including photographs and details of every surviving all-weather boat operational, preserved or in private ownership. Details include type, builder, listing of stations served, and a history of each craft, including ex-names and locations for those sold out of service. The RNLI's smaller boats, training boats, inshore lifeboat types and hovercraft are also covered. Never before have photographs of all the current and past RNLI fleet been published in a single volume. The Lifeboat Directory also includes an introduction which examines how lifeboats have evolved over 200 years, their design and development. There is even a glimpse of the future, with details of the 13m Shannon class lifeboat, due to enter service in 2013, and future lifeboat construction. Also included is a complete list of lifeboat stations past and present around the British Isles, with dates of operation for each one."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 627.772(42)

The Dunkirk Evacuation in 100 Objects : The Story Behind Operation Dynamo in 1940 /Martin Mace "At 18.57 hours on Sunday, 26 May 1940, the Admiralty issued the directive which instigated the start of Operation Dynamo. This was the order to rescue the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk and the beaches surrounding it. The Admiralty believed that it would only be able to rescue 45,000 men over the course of the following two days, 'at the end of which', read the signal to Admiral Ramsey at Dover, 'it was probable that evacuation would be terminated by enemy action'. The Admiralty, however, was wrong. Between 26 May and 4 June 1940, when Dynamo officially ended, an armada of ships, big and small, naval and civilian achieved what had been considered impossible. In fact, in this period a total of 338,682 men had been disembarked at British ports. Such a figure has exceeded the expectations of most. Little wonder, therefore, that an editorial in The New York Times at the beginning of June declared, 'So long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence'. Through 100 objects, from the wreck of a ship through to a dug-up rifle, and individual photographs to large memorials, all of which represent a moving snapshot of the past, the author sets out to tell the story of what came to be known as The Miracle of Dunkirk. The full-colour photographs of each 100 items are accompanied by detailed explanations of the object and the people and events which make them so special or relevant."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1940"

Clan, Houston, Turnbull Martin & Scottish Tankers Haws, Duncan 1997 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 347.792Houston

Art and magic in the court of the Stuarts "Vaughan Hart examines the influence of magic on Renaissance art in the Stuart Court. This period, spanning from the inauguration of James I to the execution of Charles I, saw art, in its role as an element of royal propaganda, used to represent the power of the monarch and his apparent command over the hidden forces of nature. Court artists therefore sought to represent magic as an expression of the Stuart Kings' Divine Right, and later of their policy of absolutism. Court masques, sermons, heraldry, gardens, architecture and processions represented the self-image of the Stuart monarch. Magic of the kind enshrined in Neoplatonic philosophy and the court art which expressed its notion of the cosmos played its part in the causes of the Civil War and the destruction of the Stuart image which ensued."--Provided by the publisher. 1994 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.034(42)6

The illustrated slave : empathy, graphic narrative, and the visual culture of the transatlantic abolition movement, 1800-1852 /Martha J. Cutter. "The Illustrated Slave analyzes some of the more innovative works in the archive of antislavery illustrated books published from 1800 to 1852 alongside other visual materials that depict enslavement. Martha J. Cutter argues that some illustrated narratives attempt to shift a viewing reader away from pity and spectatorship into a mode of empathy and interrelationship with the enslaved. She also contends that some illustrated books characterize the enslaved as obtaining a degree of control over narrative and lived experiences, even if these figurations entail a sense that the story of slavery is beyond representation itself. Through exploration of famous works such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as unfamiliar ones by Amelia Opie, Henry Bibb, and Henry Box Brown, she delineates a mode of radical empathy that attempts to destroy divisions between the enslaved individual and the free white subject and between the viewer and the viewed."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326(084)

Naval engagements : patriotism, cultural politics, and the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 /Timothy Jenks. Jenks, Timothy. c2006. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1793/1815"

Whitby in the time of Cook : the making of a great seamen Captain Cook Memorial Museum 2018 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 94(427.4)

Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby : The house on the harbour, windows on the world Leaflet for the Captain Cook Memoiral Museum printed to coincide with their opening from March - October 1999. Complete with pictures it goes into some detail on each room of his house. Captain Cook Memorial Museum, • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 069(427.4)

Archives and the public good : accountability and records in modern society /edited by Richard J. Cox and David A. Wallace. "This volume widens the perspective of the roles that records play in society. As opposed to most writings in the discipline of archives and records management which view records from cultural, historical, and economical efficiency dimensions, this volume highlights that one of the most salient features of records is the role they play as sources of accountability - a component that often brings them into daily headlines and into courtrooms. Struggles over control, access, preservation, destruction, authenticity, accuracy, and other issues demonstrate time and again that records are not mute observers and recordings of activity. Rather, they are frequently struggled over as objects of memory formation and erasure. The 14 powerful case studies focus around four closely related themes - explanation, secrecy, memory, and trust. They demonstrate how records compel, shape, distort, and recover social interactions across space and time. The diverse range of case studies includes the ownership of the Martin Luther King, Jr. papers, the destruction of records on Nazi war criminals in Canada, the politics of documents in the Iran-Contra affair, the failure of records management in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the publication of tobacco company documents on the World Wide Web, access to records associated with the U.S. government's infamous Tuskegee syphilis study, the role of the U.S. National Archives in identifying assets looted by the Nazis in the wake of the Holocaust, the destruction of public records by the South African government during apartheid's final years, the construction of foreign relations of the U.S. documentary histories, the forgery corrupting recordkeeping systems, and the collapse of foreign indigenous commercial banks."--Provided by the publisher. c2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 025.171

Bering : the Russian discovery of America /Orcutt Frost. "Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) is a towering figure in the history of exploration. In the course of two expeditions that consumed most of his adult life - and eventually led to his death - he journeyed from St. Petersburg to Siberia and ultimately to the northwest coast of America. Along with the members of his expedition (thousands participated in the second expedition), Bering greatly expanded the Russian empire, pioneered the geography of the North Pacific Ocean, and laid the groundwork for Russian trade and settlement in the American West. In the first biography of Bering written in over a century, Orcutt Frost chronicles the life of this extraordinary explorer. Drawing on a wide range of new evidence - including personal letters and archaeological evidence derived from the recent discovery of Bering's grave site - the author reconstructs Bering's personality, his perilous voyages, and his uneasy relationship with the naturalist Georg Steller, who unobtrusively guided the stranded expedition as Bering lay dying. A riveting narrative of adventure and disaster on the high seas, this biography is also a major contribution to the history of maritime exploration."--Provided by the publisher. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BERING, VITUS JONASSEN

The ship models collection of Merseyside Maritime Museum : a concise catalogue /by Alan J. Scarth, Ph.D. Curator of Ship Models Scarth, Alan J 1995 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 086.5:629.123.1

Aluminium boatbuilding "[...] A practical guide examining every aspect of designing and building aluminium alloy boats. [...] highlights the advantages of building in aluminium - the weight savings, inherent strength and minimal maintenance involved - as well as explaining the limitations that should be recognised in comparison with other materials. The machinery, tools, techniques and skills required for building in aluminium are detailed, along with setting-up procedures, painting and dealing with corrosion and repairs to hulls. For the third edition a new chapter explains the practical application of adhesives for bonding aluminium, welding has been updated to include new techniques such as friction stir welding and there is new material on plasma and waterjet cutting. Fast passenger ferries, racing powerboats and designing structures in aluminium are also covered."--Provided by the publisher. 2000 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 669.71:629.125

Beacons of hope : an early history of Cape Otway and King Island lighthouses /Donald Walker. "The last and most formidable obstacle on the passage under sail from Europe to the eastern states of Australia was the entrance to the Bass Strait: to the north, Cape Otway; to the south, King Island. This book by Donald Walker traces the discovery of the Strait - at first hailed for the saving of time it promised - and continues to the disastrous succession of shipwrecks that ensued as masters, beset by storms, failed to find the entrance to it. It moves to the urgent efforts made from Melbourne to penetrate the unknown Otway Ranges in order to establish a landfall lighthouse at Cape Otway itself, then covers the daily life of the keepers at this remote station - especially the life of Henry Bayles Ford, its superintendent for thirty years. The book turns then to the establishment of the Cape Wickham light on the northern tip of King Island - one of the tallest lighthouses in the world. Despite these safeguards, wrecks were still to continue. Donald Walker quotes evidence given by some of Britain's leading masters in sail concerning the hazards that still existed at the western entrance - evidence that ultimately led to the establishment of a lighthouse at Currie Harbour, on King Island's notorious west coast.[...]."--Provided by the publisher. 1998. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.715(94)

Lighthouses Marriott, Leo 1999 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 627.715(42)

Memories of the Cairn Line of steamships and nautical tales beyond Leith / Gilbert T. Wallace. The main focus of this second book by the author is on the people, employees and others, who have previously worked for, or served with, the Cairn Line of steamships. It includes a number of first-person accounts of career histories from 1885 to 1959, accompanied by personal black and white photographs. It also includes black and white photographs of a number of the ships as well as colour photographs and histories of the ten 'mini bulk carriers' obtained by the company in 1969. 2008. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 347.792CAIRN LINE

Blood royal : from the time of Alexander the Great to Queen Elizabeth II : a Golden Jubilee memoir, 1952-2002 Mosley, Charles 2002 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 929.7.071(42)

Le port de la libertâe : Brest, au temps de l'Indâependance amâericaine /Jean-Yves Besseliáevre, Alain Boulaire, Olivier Corre, Lenaèig L'Aot-Lombart, Marjolaine Mourot ; prâeface d'Olivier Poivre d'Arvor. "In March 1778, the Scottish privateer John Paul Jones landed at Brest. He is the first officer of the young American navy to whom Louis XVI entrusts a ship. France has just joined the United States in fighting against the British Crown. The freedom of the young American nation gets ready on the docks of Penfeld ..."--Provided by the publisher. [2016] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1778/1781"(42:44)

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