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The memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow : the life and times of a slave trade captain /[introduction by John Pinfold].
"Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, paying close attention to the welfare of his 'negroes', which he equates with financial success in his business. Crow's memoirs bring to life the everyday aspects of the slave trade and describe the harsh practicalities of life at sea, where on average a fifth of the crew did not survive the crossing. The narrative is peppered with social comment on the propriety of the slave trade and conditions in West Africa and the Caribbean. At the same time, Crow expresses a warm attachment towards individual slaves which was sometimes reciprocated, most remarkably in a song composed by the slaves about him which is reproduced in this book. The introduction chronicles Hugh Crow's life, his entry into the slave trade and his rise as one of the foremost slave captains of his day. Quoting extensively from original sources, it sets him in the context of the eighteenth-century mercantile community which fought hard to defend itself against the humanitarian campaign to abolish the slave trade. He emerges as a colourful if flawed figure from this highly practical, personal, and eye-opening look at the slave trade."--Provided by the publisher.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
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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.
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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.
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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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