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The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 / Piers Brendon. Chronicles Britain's rise to imperial might in the wake of the American Revolution, recording life in its diverse colonies and reflecting on the inherent weaknesses of the empire, its inevitable decline, and its legacy for the present. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44"17/19"

Books on the move : tracking copies through collections and the book trade /edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote. "In this volume of the Publishing Pathways series, leading specialists in book history consider examples from the sixteenth to the twentieth century to chart some of the paths followed by books through the European network of print. This may focus on the large collections accumulated by Renaissance scholars, but may equally involve tracking multiple copies of the same work through the marks of ownership left by unknown readers. Books on the Move represents an important contribution to an understanding of the shifting interactions over time between libraries, collectors and the book trade."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 655.42(093)

The memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow : the life and times of a slave trade captain /[introduction by John Pinfold]. Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow (1765-1829), originally published in 1830 after his death. Crow was involved in the slave trade for seventeen years, making thirteen transatlantic voyages on slave-trading vessels, the last seven of these as master. Crow's Memoirs were written during his retirement but unlike other slave-trade captains he continued to justify his position and defend the trade after abolition. Crow remained convinced that the slave trade was a legitimate form of commerce and even that enslaved people were treated better and had a better life on the plantations than in Africa, both arguments being used by other supporters of the trade at the time. The Memoirs also provide an account of the conditions and practicalities of life at sea on board a slave-trading ship. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92CROW

Radio man : Marconi Sahib /Mahrie Locket. "Radio Man consists of never before published stories and pictures about the British Merchant Marine seen through the eyes of Ship's Radio Officer Alan Patterson. His captivating diaries offer rare 1st- person insight to the harrowing state of the Pacific theatre at the time, taking us from 1938 through to the end of the war. Here is a glimpse of a typical day in Alan's life as the Ship's Radio Man. "We saw no patrol ships at all while at sea, the poor old Merchant Service had to just plug along on its own with no protection and no guns. However, the Navy had put a gun platform on our stern before we left, so we built an imitation of a gun with a mast spar and an empty oil drum. We hoped that if a sub saw it at a distance it might possibly mistake it for a gun and so prevent it surfacing and shelling us. I couldn't help thinking how futile and rather pathetic this was but still while there is life there is hope. We arrived in Calcutta safely-- thanks to no one but ourselves. Shortly after this trip we were given guns and taught how to use them!" Alan and his crew managed to escape submarine wolf packs several times. On one especially dangerous run near India, he discovered that the fine bunch of courageous men from the ship he had just left had been blown to bits while returning to India on a British India Vessel loaded with munitions. Alan writes about more than just the war however. His diary is also a wealth of historical sidebars and anecdotal observations covering both India and Burma as World War II smouldered ominously in the closing distance. Here is one of those obscure front-row seats which imparts a genuine sense of immediacy to the turbulence of the the times. One can almost sense the destruction and devastation caused by the bombing and the plundering as Alan's eye-witness accounts unfold before you. Radio Man is a fascinating read and it will keep you intrigued until the very end."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 377.6:656.61

Bean's Gallipoli : The diaries of Australia's official war correspondent /Kevin Fewster The edited diaries of Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, the official press correspondent with the Australian Imperial Force. Bean begain his diary on leaving Melbourne and kept the diary in Egypt and throughout his time at Anzac Cove having landed at Gallipoli on the first morning of the campaign and leaving shortly before the last of the troops were evacuated. The diaries, written each evening, are a key source for understanding the campaign recording Bean's personal observations, interviews with soldiers and visits to the front and describing both daily life and battle. The text is illustrated with some of Bean's own photographs. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.455(496.1)

American prisoners of war held at Bermuda, Cape of Good Hope, and Jamaica during the War of 1812 / transcribed by Harrison Scott Baker II. "This work was transcribed from records of the British Admiralty pertaining to American prisoners of war held at Bermuda, Cape of Good Hope and Jamaica during the War of 1812. Those interned included American marines, merchantmen and sailors."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 327.09/04

Scientific correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820 / edited by Neil Chambers. The letters of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. Banks accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage on the Endeavour, was President of the Royal Society for over 40 years and advised King George III on the establishment of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, sending botanists around the world to collect specimens. These 2,215 letters cover a broad range of scientific subjects and are published in six volumes. The letters are arranged chronologically, each with a serial number which can be used to find letters to or from a particular correspondent using the calendar of correspondence and index to the voumes both published in volume 6. Volume 1 includes a biography of Banks. 2007. • BOOK • 6 copies available. 92:5

North by degree : new perspectives on Arctic exploration /Susan A. Kaplan and Robert McCracken Peck, editors. "North by Degree: New Perspectives on Arctic Exploration is a volume of papers on the history of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Arctic exploration. The authors have contextualised expeditions, examining the social, cultural, technological, and environmental settings in which exploration endeavours were conceived, carried out, described, and understood by the public. Honoring the hundreth anniversary of Robert E. Peary's historic 1908-09 North Pole Expedition and recognising the third International Polar Year (2007-09) served as starting point for a conference designed to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines whose work touches on different facets of Arctic exploration. Susan A. Kaplan (The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College) and Robert McCracken Peck (Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia) joined forces, and invited the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS) and the American Philosophical Society to partner with them. North by Degree: An International Conference on Arctic Exploration took place in Philadelphia in May 2008. The papers in this volume are a subset of those presented at that gathering and are authored by scholars from variosu disciplines, including English, art history, anthropology, archaeology, history, ethnohistory, and Native American studies. The papers cast light on aspects of exploration initiatives not examined in most biographies of explorers, official expedition narratives, or overviews of the history of Arctic exploration."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.911/3

The Linnaeus Apostles : global science and adventure /editor-in-chief, Lars Hansen ; transcribed by Viveka Hansen. 2007-2011. • FOLIO • 11 copies available. 5-051"18"

The astrolabe / by James E. Morrison. "The Astrolabe is the most complete treatise available on the subject and includes the description, history, use, theory and design of all types of astrolabes and related devices, updated to modern methods and terminology. Application of computers to astrolabe design and practical advice on making a working astrolabe are included."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 522.4

Family Tree Magazine • JOURNAL • 188 copies available.

Classic Boat. Chelsea Magazine Company 1987. • JOURNAL • 22 copies available.

Motor Ship. • JOURNAL • 115 copies available.

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