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Nelson's letters to Lady Hamilton and related documents / edited by Marianne Czisnik. "This critical edition of Admiral Nelson's letters to Lady Hamilton is to bring together the important letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton that have only been published in parts over the last 200 years. Only by bringing the letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton together is it possible to assess their relationship and to present certain insights into Nelson's personality that are not revealed in his official correspondence. Thorough research into this side of Nelson's personality and into the nature of his notorious and unconventional relationship with Lady Hamilton has been hampered in the past by a desire not to look too closely at Nelson's personal morality. To a considerable extent their relationship was regarded as a challenge to traditional gender roles and it indeed did not conform to stereotypes that are usually attributed to men and women in a heterosexual relationship. Lady Hamilton was so obviously lacking in the subservience and passivity expected from women in that era that authors over the course of time started to exclude her in their accounts of the public sphere by reducing her to a private weakness of Nelson's, who could be successful at sea, where he was far away from the enthralling influence of a manipulating woman. The letters in this edition testify how Admiral Nelson's life at sea was not exclusively public nor was Lady Hamilton's life ashore solely private. It also shows how the two supposedly separate spheres of male and female lives were connected. A fresh approach and a thorough discussion of this important and neglected aspect not only of Nelson's life, but of gender history, demands this exact and scholarly edition of the primary material, which consists of about 400 letters that Nelson wrote to Lady Hamilton over the course of the last seven years of his life and about a dozen letters of her to him that have survived."-- [2020] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean : with an original grammar and vocabulary of their language compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr William Mariner, several years resident in those islands by John Martin, M.D. /edited by Nigel Statham and Ian C. Campbell. "John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based, Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject, William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years (1806-1810) in Tonga, in the South Pacific, one of the earliest European residents at a time before European influence disturbed or modified that society. Mariner, an extraordinarily mature and perceptive youth, became thoroughly imbued with Tongan language and culture as the adopted son of the most powerful chief in Tonga. Martin's intelligent engagement with Mariner resulted in a compelling narrative and a comprehensive account of Tongan society which became a classic. Often celebrated as an extraordinary real-life adventure story, it is a pioneering work of anthropology, and for 200 years it has been a primary and authoritative source for research into Tongan history and culture"--Provided by publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 305.899/482

Arrimage des vaisseaux Missiessy Quies, Monsieur de 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61.073.2

Theoria planetae urani Oriani, Barnaba 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092.47:094

Arrimage des vaisseaux ... Missiessy-Quies, Monsieur de 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61.073.2

The history and antiquities of the city of Bristol ... Barrett, William 1789 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:914.241

Poesie varie di Clemente Filomarino : vol 1 Filomarino, Clemente 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:850-1

Paradise in chains : the Bounty Mutiny and the founding of Australia /Diana Preston. "Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has become the stuff of legend. But few realize that Bligh's escape across the seas was not the only open-boat journey in that era of British exploration and colonization. Indeed, 9 convicts from the Australian penal colony, led by Mary Bryant, also traveled 3,250 miles across the open ocean and some uncharted seas to land at the same port Bligh had reached only months before. In this meticulously researched dual narrative of survival, acclaimed historian Diana Preston provides the background and context to explain the thrilling open-boat voyages each party survived and the Pacific Island nations each encountered on their journey to safety. Through this deep-dive, readers come to understand the Pacific Islands as they were and as they were perceived, and how these seemingly utopian lands became a place where mutineers, convicts, and eventually the natives themselves, were chained"--Provided by publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"

The Bounty and beyond : a textual and bibliographical investigation of William Bligh's journals of the first breadfruit expedition /John A. Fish. "Despite Bligh's Bounty journal being widely regarded as the most important of all of the primary documents related to the famous mutiny, the relationship between the official version of the journal (at The National Archives in London) and Bligh's private version (at the Mitchell Library in Sydney) has never been thoroughly investigated. That surprising omission has now been comprehensively rectified with the publication of The Bounty and beyond, a meticulous comparison of the two versions of the journal by John A. Fish. Numerous surprising and important differences are revealed, particularly those relating to food and drink, and Bligh's relationships with his officers and men. The comparison is preceded by a thorough historical and bibliographical investigation of Bligh's three first breadfruit expedition journals, that is, the journals of the Bounty, the Resource and the Vlydt. Also included is a comprehensive investigation and considered interpretation of Bligh's separate manuscript account of the mutiny and the voyage in the open boat. This large manuscript is the forerunner of Bligh's published Narrative of the Mutiny (1790). The significance of this manuscript, in Bligh's own hand and held by the Mitchell Library, has not, hitherto, been fully recognised. Based on extensive research (including several examinations of the primary sources) and a deep understanding of the relevant literature, this work will prove to be a landmark event in the history of Bligh/Bounty scholarship."--Provided by the publisher. 2023. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 996.18

Remarks on the astronomy of the Brahmins Playfair, John [1789] • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 52.09:094

Carte generale et topographique de la France Cassini de Thury, Cesar Francois 1789 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(44)"17"

Copious trigonometrical tables, shewing the results in all cases of plane trigonometry ... Garrard, William 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:527(083.5)

A demonstration of the fifth definition of the fifth book of Euclid Robertson, Abram 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:511.137

A treatise of the materia medica : volume I Cullen, William 1789 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:61

Sea fisheries : the Herring (North Sea Fishing) Licensing Order 1974 Great Britain. Statutory Instruments 1974 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.2.052.3(261)

A sea manual : recommended to the young officers of the Royal Navy Schomberg, Alexander, Sir 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.461"17"

Memoires de M Malouet, intendant de la marine, sur l'administration de ce department Malouet, Pierre-Victor 1789 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.353(44)"17"

Verzameling van vier en tachtig Stuks Hollandsche schepen Groenewegen, G ca1950 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123(492)"17"

Experimental researches on the strength and other properties of cast iron : with the development of new principles; calculations deduced from them; and inquiries applicable to rigid and tenacious bodies generally /by Eaton Hodgkinson, F.R.S. Hodgkinson, Eaton, 1846. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 669.1:094

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