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The Blue Funnel Line : a photographic history /Ian Collard. A shipping company history of The Blue Funnel Line formed by Alfred Holt, with details of take-overs of companies such as the China Mutual Steam Company, the Indra Line, Knight Line, the Glen Line and Elder Dempster Line and the change of company name to Ocean Transport and Trading in 1972. Also included is a fleet list in chronological order showing a brief history of each vessel. There are black and white photographs of many of the ships and crew members. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792BLUE FUNNEL
's Lands Zeemagazijn Meer, Sjoerd de 1994 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.75
Artemisia : the story of a battle for greatness "Alexandra Lapierre had been haunted by the rich, iconoclastic paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi ever since she first saw them. Little did she know, when she started researching Artemisia's turbulent life, that she would be drawn into a fascinating, five-year-long quest which would take her to Rome, Florence, Naples, Venice and London and to neglected corners of the Vatican archives where she would finally unearth the verdict to one of the most notorious rape trials in history. In the early 1600s, Rome was a magnificent building site. Artists flocked there to furnish the new palaces and churches with paintings and the crowded artists' quarter became a place of fierce rivalries and passions. In order to bring to life this frenzied and fascinating milieu, Lapierre has written a biography that reads like a novel. She recreates the public and domestic lives of the seventeenth century artist so vividly that you can hear the din on the streets and smell the paint in the studio - and in one studio in particular where Orazio Gentileschi and his daughter Artemisia battle with each other to become the greatest painters of their time."--Provided by the publisher. 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7Gentileschi
New nature of maps : essays in the history of cartography Harley, J. B. (John Brian) 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9
Culture and class in English public museums, 1850-1914 / Kate Hill. Hill, Kate. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069.013(42)"1850/1914"
Power of speech : a history of Standard Telephones and Cables 1883-1983 Young, Peter 1983 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 654
The NVQ and GNVQ assessor handbook Ollin, Ros 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 377.3
The age of sail : the master shipbuilders of the Maritimes /by Stanley T. Spicer. The age of sail in Canada's maritime provinces is still remembered for the wealth, adventure, dangers and daring it produced. This book focuses on the most interesting shipbuilders of the region. [?] the author introduces the significant players, such as Joseph Cunard, a leader in timber and shipbuilding in northeastern New Brunswick, and the PEI brokers James Peake and James Yeo, who sold vessels to British buyers. In rural Nova Scotia, families like the Moshers and the Killiams made their fortunes on trading vessels that carried goods all over the world. [...] also describes Samuel Cunard's early days in shipping in his native Halifax, and today's application of shipbuilding traditions in the construction of replicas in such historic towns as Lunenburg and Pictou. Accompanying the text are more than 150 illustrations drawn from a wide range of sources. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.12(716)
Early Dutch maritime cartography : the North Holland school of cartography (c.1580-c.1620) /Gèunter Schilder. "This book is an exposition of an important, yet previously unknown chapter in the history of Dutch maritime cartography. While Amsterdam was developing into Europe's most vital commercial hub in the seventeenth century, demanding and controlling the production of maps and sea-charts, a major School of Cartography was already flourishing in the so-called 'Kop van Noord-Holland' region just north of Amsterdam. This School specialised in the production of small-scale charts of larger areas, including the European coastlines and the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Its masters used to call themselves 'caert-schrijvers' or 'map-scribes' when clarifying their profession. The cities of Enkhuizen and Edam were important trading ports and as such provided an ideal environment for developing into centres of cartography, serving sea-borne navigation. Apart from the well-known printed pilot guides by Lucas Jansz Waghenaer, the output of these 'caert-schrijvers' consists mainly of manuscript charts on vellum. Copies, though few they are, nowadays can be found across the globe. Sea-charts provided invaluable on-board navigation assistance to ship captains. However, another surprising contemporaneous purpose for financing these charts become popular. Rich ship owners and merchants would commission new charts to serve as wall-decoration as well as a reference point for their maritime-related conversations. They feature a decorative lay-out filled with magnificent colours. Moreover, many of these charts are embellished with miniature paintings, certainly making them some of the most beautiful exemplars ever produced by Dutch cartography during its Golden Age."--Provided by the publisher [2017] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.9(492)
A biographical index of the East India maritime service officers 1600-1834 Farrington, Anthony 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 017.1"1600/1834"BL:92
Maritime America : art and artifacts from America's great nautical collections 1988 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 069(26:73)
Armed merchant cruisers, 1878-1945 / Richard Osborne, Harry Spong & Tom Grover. "Armed Merchant Cruisers (AMCs) performed many essential functions during both World Wars but their vulnerability in action gained them the unfortunate sobriquet of "Admiralty Made Coffins". Despite their obvious limitations, the AMCs of the 10th Cruiser Squadron played a significant role in defeating Germany during the 1914 - 1918 conflict, while, in both wars, they were able to substitute for regular cruisers and escorts engaged in patrol and escort work. This book explores the origins, capabilities and uses of AMCs in 1885, 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945 as well as explaining the reasons for their demise during the latter conflict."--Taken from the preface. c2007 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.822.32(42)"1878/1945"
Precious metals and commerce : the Dutch East India Company in the Indian Ocean trade Prakash, Om, 1994 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.71Dutch East India Company
Designing for people with sensory impairments Thorpe, Stephen 1986 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 362.4
Analysis and evaluation of international maritime medical training standards Patel, Toral 1998 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 614.252(100):656.61
The great British seaside : Photography from the 1960s to the present "Many of us in Britain look back with fondness on memories of paddles in the sea and picnics on the promenade. Yet the seaside can also be a place of faded glory and acute deprivation. These tensions have provided fertile ground for documentary photographers who have sought to capture the ambiguities and eccentricities that define a day at the British seaside. Featuring works by some of Britain?s best-loved photographers ? Tony Ray-Jones, David Hurn, Martin Parr, and Simon Roberts ? this book explores our changing relationship with the seaside over the last six decades and holds up a critical and affectionate mirror to a much-loved and quintessentially British experience. Published to accompany the 2018 National Maritime Museum exhibition The Great British Seaside: Photography from the 1960s to the Present, this book showcases over 100 photographs, including material from each of the photographers? archival collections, newly commissioned works, and never-before-seen images."--Provided by the publisher 2018 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 77(42)"1960/2018"
Before the battlecruiser : the big cruiser in the world's navies 1865-1910 /Aidan Dodson "The battlecruiser is perceived by many as the most glamorous of warships, remembered for its triumphs and tragedies in both world wars. Often forgotten are its lineal ancestors, the big cruisers that were constructed as capital ships for distant waters, as commerce raiders, and as fast scouts for the battlefleet during the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth. In this new book by bestselling author Aidan Dobson, the 200 or so big cruisers that were built for the world's navies from 1865 are described and analysed in detail. The type came into being in the 1860s when the French built a series of cruising ironclads to project its power in the Far East. Britain followed suit as did Russia. By the 1890s the general adoption of these fast, heavily-armed and moderately armoured vessels ushered in the golden age of the big cruiser. These great ships would go on to be key combatants in the Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars, the Japanese employing them within the battlefleet in a manner that heralded later battlecruiser tactics. In Britain, in reply to the launch of the big Russian Rurik in 1890, there was spawned the freakishly huge HMS Powerful and HMS Terrible, ships that underlined the public's view of the glamour of the 'great cruiser'. Indeed, the two ships' cap-tallies became ubiquitous on the sailor suits of late Victorian British children. In some navies, particularly those of South American republics, the big cruiser became the true capital ship, while the Italians built the Giuseppe Garibaldi as a more affordable battleship. By the beginning of the twentieth century the type became yet bigger and guns approached battleship size; with HMS Invincible the British created what was, in 1912, officially dubbed the 'battlecruiser'. Despite their growing obsolescence in the new century some had remarkably long careers in patrol and other subsidiary roles, the Argentine Garibaldi still sailing as a training ship in the 1950s. The design, development and operations of all these great vessels is told with the author's usual attention to detail and depth of analysis and will delight naval enthusiasts and historians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81.3(100)
Australiana : May 2003, Vol. 25 No.2 Hawkins, John 2003 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
Companion to the history of modern science 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 5(091)
The design of educational exhibits / Miles, R S (comp). 1988. Miles, R S (comp) 1988 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 069.12
Implementing S/NVQs in the information and library sector : a guide for employers Herzog, Juliet 1995 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 377.3
Haulbowline : the naval base & ships of Cork Harbour /Daire Brunicardi. "Cork harbour is recognised as one of the finest natural harbours in the world. It has been a naval base almost continuously for over 200 years, and druing that time it has always played a key part in Ireland's maritime affairs. In this fascinating book, Daire Brunicardi captures the way in which the harbour has helped to define Ireland's relationship with the sea. From the first development of Haulbowline Island and the construction of the Naval Dockyard, the author charts the activities of the Victorian navy in Irish waters, how during the First World War, Cork harbour became a pillar of the British defence against the German U-boats, why the first US flotillas took the harbour as their home and how, after Armistice, the British navy became based here throughout the Irish Civil War. What emerges is a thorough, engaging and insightful history of the heartland of Ireland's maritime interests."--Back cover 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.81(417.752)
A walk across Africa : J.A. Grant's account of the Nile expedition of 1860-1863 /edited and annotated with an introduction by Roy Bridges. "The Nile Expedition of 1860-1863 was one of the most important exploratory expeditions made in the nineteenth century. The long-debated question of the location of the source of the Nile was answered (despite continuing arguments) and the venture had important historical consequences. Earlier accounts of the expedition have assumed James Augustus Grant to have been no more than the loyal second-in-command to John Hanning Speke, the leader. This new edition of Grant's 1864 book, A Walk across Africa, provides the opportunity to re-examine his role. The original text has been fully annotated with explanatory notes and also supplemented by extracts from the very remarkable detailed day-to-day journal which Grant kept. Even more unusually, this edition includes reproductions of the whole visual record which he made consisting of 147 watercolours and sketches. This was the first ever visual record of large parts of East Africa and the Upper Nile Valley region. These documentary and illustrative materials have been drawn from the extensive collection of Grant's papers now in the care of the National Library of Scotland. The Library has co-operated in the preparation of this volume to make possible its special features.Grant emerges as a much more impressive and important figure than has previously been recognised. He was a trained scientist and his narrative is a well-organised perspective on the expedition and its activities. His own growing understanding of Africa and of Africans becomes apparent and helps to explain his later activities."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22HAKLUYT
"Winston's special" - No.2. (convoy code "WS2") : a description of one of the early, and large, special convoys to leave the UK in mid 1940, written by and for (now all retired) child evacuee passengers/K. Benjamin. This convoy, of seventeen ships, sailed from Liverpool and the Clyde 5.8, ORION returning the following day with engine defects; she is not therefore allocated a place in the sailing plan below as, after repairs, she sailed as an independent to Capetown, then joining the Bombay section of the convoy WS 2B, at that port and sailing on 31.8.40. The destroyers HARVESTER, HAVELOCK, HIGHLANDER and HURRICANE escorted the Liverpool ships, while FORTUNE, FURY, VORTIGERN and WATCHMAN brought out the Clyde ships, all destroyers parting company 7.8. The cruisers EMERALD and SHROPSHIRE sailed from the Clyde and CORNWALL from Liverpool; EMERALD left with the destroyers on 7.8, the two remaining ships staying with the convoy into the Indian Ocean. 2006. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 940.542.9