Browse the blog The latest news, blogs and discoveries from the Caird Library & Archive team. Filters… Explore themes - Any -Search all our topics-Maritime history--Life at sea--Ships and boats--Exploration and encounters--Trade and empire--Enslavement and resistance--War and conflict-Space and astronomy--Astronomy guides--History of astronomy--Space science--People in astronomy--Astrophotography-Time--Greenwich Mean Time--Clocks and timekeeping--Seasons & calendars--Time and navigation-Art and culture--Portraits--Seascapes and landscapes--Contemporary art--Architecture--Decorative arts-The ocean--Ocean science--People and the ocean--Shipping and industry--Migration and movement-Royal history--Royal Greenwich--Tudors--Stuarts-Astronomy Photographer of the Year galleries-Royal history - old terms--Queen Elizabeth I--Samuel Pepys--Victorians--King Henry VIII--King Charles I--King Charles II--Windrush histories--RRS Sir David Attenborough--Warship models--Cargo ships--Yachts--Ship plans--Ship building & dockyards--Ship design & decoration--Ship models--Fishing boats--Ocean liners & passenger boats--Tall ships & clippers--Warships--Anchors--Flags--HMS Endeavour--HMS Ark Royal--HMS Implacable--HMS Terrible--Miss Britain III--San Ildefonso--SS Rawalpindi--Terra Nova--Resolution-Time and longitude--John Harrison-Space and astronomy - old terms--Royal Observatory Greenwich--Space exploration--Stars and galaxies--Planets--The Solar System--Meteors, comets and asteroids--The Moon-Family activities-Conservation and collections--Battle of Trafalgar--Spanish Armada--More wars and battles---Battle of the Glorious First of June---Boer Wars---Falklands conflict---First World War---Second World War--Royal Navy---Women's Royal Navy Service---Greenwich hospital---Greenwich pensioners-Sea and ships--Cutty Sark--Admiral Lord Nelson--Pirates--Shipwrecks---Titanic--Global markets & trade---Merchant Navy---East India Company---Coins---Notable traders---The slave trade---Trade routes-Exploration and endeavour--Around the world--Sir John Franklin--The North-West Passage--Captain James Cook--Famous explorers---Captain Scott---Christopher Columbus---Sir Francis Drake---Yuri Gagarin--Famous expeditions---Captain Cook's first voyage---Captain Cook's second voyage---Captain Cook's third voyage---Gipsy Moth circumnavigation--Polar exploration---North West passage---South pole exploration--History of navigation---Compass---Nautical mile---Navigational instruments-Astronomy--Pioneering astronomers---Astronomers Royal---George Biddell Airy---Edmond Halley---Herschel family---John Flamsteed---John Goodricke---Konstantin Tsiolkowski---Robert Hooke---Tycho Brahe--Astronomical instruments---Telescopes-Art - old terms--Great Masters---George Stubbs---J.M.W. Turner---Joshua Reynolds---Thomas Gainsborough---Willem van de Velde (Elder & Younger)---William Hodges---William Hogarth--Pioneers: A Renaissance in South Asian Creativity--Sir Christopher Wren--Artists in residence--Inigo Jones--Fashion-Around the world--Africa--Antarctica--Arctic--Asia---India---China--Australia--Caribbean--Europe---Spain--London & Greenwich---Greenwich walking tours---The Thames---Greenwich--South America--North America-Beaches and Seaside--Uniforms--Personal papers--Medals--Manuscripts--Letters--Journals & diaries--Log books Location - Any -Cutty SarkNational Maritime MuseumQueen's HouseRoyal ObservatoryPrince Philip Maritime Collections CentreIn GreenwichOnlineOther Specialism - Any -AstronomyConservationCuratorialEvents & VenuesHMS NHS: The Nautical Health ServiceLibrary & ArchiveVolunteers Search keywords Applied FiltersLibrary & Archive 28 May 2010 Capt. Marryat's framed and original sketch of Napoleon Bonaparte after his death at St Helena, MRY/7 Sketch apparently made 14 hours after Napoleon's death, drawn by naval officer and later novelist Captain Frederick Marryat. 28 Feb 2010 The Boat-cloak or cloak-boat Illustrations from a rare book showing Lieutenant Halkett's amazing inflatable 'boat cloak' 28 Jan 2010 Illustrated Diary of Alfred Withers, Liverpool to Melbourne, 1857 Alfred Withers' diary covers his voyage with Margaret his bride, on the James Baines from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia in 1857. 25 Jan 2008 Button Boys One of the wonderful things about working here is being bombarded with questions that wrack the brain and start an ongoing research relationship with the chosen topic. Such are the Button Boys - the daredevils of the mast displays carried out by naval training establishments. First Prev … Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Current page 38 Next Last
