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Newfoundland discovered : English attempts at colonisation 1610-1630 1982 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.4/.5(42:718)

The Hanseatic Museum and Sch²tstuene / Marco Trebbi ; English translation by Neltec Language Consultants. Trebbi, Marco. 1996. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Integrating ship bridge systems volume 2 : ECDIS and positioning /by Andy Norris. Norris, Andy. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

My ancestor was a woman at war / by Emma Jolly. Jolly, Emma. [2013?]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 929.3-055.2

On the eve of the Titanic / W.B. Bartlett. "British history is rich in enthralling stories: pivotal moments that changed the future of the country; moments of drama, suspense, intrigue. Go right to the heart of the action of the Titanic disaster. Titanic steamed through the darkness of the night, her sharp prow cutting through the chill water like a knife through butter. From the moment of collision to hundreds of survivors waiting for rescue in the icy water, this account captures the moments at the very heart of the Titanic drama. Plunging the reader into the middle of the story, this is narrative history at its most evocative and readable. Charting the sinking through the accounts of several different survivors, W. B. Bartlett is able to build up a picture of events through the eyes of third-class passengers and those who experienced tragedy moment by moment, from the first lurch to the scramble for life boats."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

By wind and iron : naval campaigns in the Champlain Valley, 1665-1815 /Michael G. Laramie. "For more than 150 years, the natural invasion route along the waterways of the Champlain and Richelieu valleys into northeastern North America was among the most fiercely contested in the history of the continent. Whether the French and their Indian allies attacking British forts and settlements during the Seven Years' War, the American Continentals striking north into Canada during the American Revolution, or the British battling French and later American forces in these wars and the War of 1812, it was clear to policy makers in Quebec, London, Paris, Philadelphia, and Washington that whoever controlled this corridor and its lakes and rivers, controlled the heart of the continent. In By Wind and Iron: Naval Campaigns in the Champlain Valley, 1665-1815, Michael G. Laramie details the maritime history of this region from the first French fortifications along the Richelieu River in the late seventeenth century through the tremendous American victory over the British at the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain in 1814. Using period letters, journals, and other primary source materials, the author examines the northeastern waterways and their tributaries within the framework of the soldiers and sailors who faced the perils of the campaigns, while at the same time clarifying the key role played by this region in the greater struggle for North America and American independence. In support of the narrative, the book also contains appendices that include after action reports from various fleet commanders, tables of fleet strengths, additional battle maps, a glossary, and a dictionary of lake warships with notes on vessel types, typical armament, construction, deployment, and fates."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1665/1815"(714.4)

Il leone ferito : Venezia, l'Adriatico e la navigazione sussidiata per le Indie e l'Estremo Oriente (1866-1914) /Andrea Cafarelli. Cafarelli, Andrea, 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 38(450.341)

He who dares : recollections of service in the SAS, SBS and MI5 Sutherland, David 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Sutherland

How the war was won : air-sea power and Allied victory in World War II /Phillips Payson O'Brien, University of Glasgow. "World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly those on the Eastern Front. Phillips Payson O'Brien shows us the war in a completely different light. In this compelling new history of the Allied path to victory, he argues that in terms of production, technology and economic power, the war was far more a contest of air and sea than land supremacy. He shows how the Allies developed a predominance of air and sea power which put unbearable pressure on Germany and Japan's entire war-fighting machine from Europe and the Mediterranean to the Pacific. Air and sea power dramatically expanded the area of battle and allowed the Allies to destroy over half the Axis' equipment before it had even reached the traditional 'battlefield'. Battles such as El Alamein, Stalingrad and Kursk did not win World War II; air and sea power did." -- Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.531

Cornish shipwrecks. • PAMPH-OVER • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(42)

Die Kogge von Bremen : Band I Rosenthal, Judith (tr) 1992? • OVERSIZE • 3 copies available. 629.123.12(435.25)

National Maritime Museum : souvenir guide /[ed. Colin Grant ; written by Kevin Littlewood]. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 1999. • PAMPHLET • 5 copies available. 069(26:421.6)

Midway : letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Stephen Bann 1964-69 /edited and introduced by Stephen Bann. "Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was one of Scotland's leading twentieth century public intellectuals, and famously one of its most brilliant and combative correspondents. His letters raise issues of particular and widespread interest both within Scotland and further afield. His correspondence with Stephen Bann, the English poet and academic have a very special place in this context. These letters present in a clear and commensurable form the development of his ideas about poetry and art, and increasingly about sculpture and gardening, over this critical five year period of his creative life."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-6

Ferries of the Channel Islands : past & present /Miles Cowsill. "This A5 portrait book contains many outstanding pictures of the ferries which have plied the waters between mainland Britain and the Channel Islands. The book also includes many of the inter-island ferries and those vessels which have served France."--Provided by the publisher. [1996]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.66(423.4)

A Concise history of France Johnson, Douglas 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 944

The Domesday geography of midland England 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 914.25"10"

Lords of the east : the East India Company and its ships Sutton, Jean, 1981 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.71East India

Submarines / Antony Preston. Preston, Antony, c1982. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.827

The golden age of maritime maps : when Europe discovered the world /under the direction of Catherine Hofmann, Hâeláene Richard, Emmanuelle Vagnon. "'Portolan charts, ' so called from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning 'related to ports or harbours, ' were born during the 12th century in the maritime community. These charts, drawn on parchment and crisscrossed with lines referring to the compass directions, indicated the succession of ports and anchorages along the shores, and were used by European sailors exploring the world up until the 18th century. Not only used as navigational instruments on boats, they were also produced for wealthy sponsors in the form of illuminated images of the world, to illustrate the economic and political interests of the major European sea powers. This book takes stock of the state of knowledge on these maps, bringing together contributions from a dozen European specialists, who trace the history and diversity of styles and places of production of these charts. This type of mapping is approached from three angles. The first part, 'The Mediterranean, ' refers to the manufacture and use of the first charts, centered on the Mediterranean, and the persistence of this tradition in the Mediterranean basin until the 18th century. The second part, 'Wide Open Spaces, ' shows how these regional charts have evolved from a technical and iconographical point of view at the time of the great European voyages, in order to include the oceans and new worlds. The third part, 'The Indian Ocean, ' shows how these charts, in a maritime area where ancient civilizations coexisted, were dependent on other cartographic traditions (ancient, Arab, Asian) before joining the information reported by Portuguese sailors and European trading companies in the modern era."--Publisher's website. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 912.43(4)"14/16"

US merchant vessel war casualties of World War II Browning, Robert M., 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(73):940.545

Coastal patrol : Royal naval airship operations during the Great War 1914-1918 "In the summer of 1915, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was engaged in an unexpected war at sea to prevent German submarines from disrupting the flow of vital supplies to Britain. It was a war that had to be won as by the spring of 1917, the U-boats were close to bringing the British war effort to the point of collapse. Airships of the RNAS played a vital part in this war at sea. Coastal Patrol: Royal Naval Airship Operations During the Great War 1914-1918 tells the story of the young men who ventured out in airships over the hostile coastal waters of the British Isles to hunt down German submarines and to attack them with the inadequate weapons at their disposal. The story is told by those who took part in this new form of warfare, through pieces written by them or from interviews with veterans. It covers the entire experience of being an airship pilot, from initial training, through numerous adventures while flying these unusual aircraft, to the final victory in 1918."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.743

A guide to the collision rules Cockcroft, A. N.-(Alfred Norman) 1972 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.084

Dutch gentlemen adventurers in Canada, 1811-1893 / translated and edited by Jan Krijff & Herman Ganzevoort. "This unique perspective of 19th century Canada is seen through the eyes of Dutch elite, from dukes to financiers of the Canadian Pacific Railway, travelling from the east to the west of Canada. Their journals, articles, manuscripts, letters and books have been translated and compiled for the first time in this new book by Jan Krijff and Herman Ganzevoort. This new material adds to the travel stories already known from French and English travellers of the time. The tale from one of the crew of an Arctic expedition provides another dimension to the stories of discovery and travel for pleasure."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(492:71)"1811/1893"

British regional geology : the South of Scotland Greig, D C 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 55(414)

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