Discover just some of the stories recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. Will you join us and help unearth more?

In this month’s blog we travel to Japan, more precisely to its northernmost island of Hokkaido, and through a journal kept in 1871 by Lieutenant Swinton Colthurst Holland, meet the local Ainu people.

The Caird Library and Archive's new display case highlights sickness and healthcare in the Georgian Royal Navy

The Caird Library collection includes a variety of titles on medicine and its practice at sea. Perhaps the most highlighted example is the medical book used by the Bounty mutineers (RMG reference: PBD6069), but there are many more to be discovered.

Named for the Glaswegian shipowner Sir James Caird, Bt. (1864-1954), the Caird Library and Archive has been facilitating research into maritime endeavour for over eighty years. Today it is the largest maritime reference library in the world.

Find out why centuries-old papers often look so much better than decade-old ones.

The Caird Library and Archive’s new display case highlights three colourful charts from the rich cartographic collection of Royal Museums Greenwich.