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Exploration and Endeavour : the Royal Society of London and the South Seas /National Museum of Australia. National Museum of Australia 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22ROYAL SOCIETY:910.4(94)

For them the war is not over : the Royal Navy in Russia 1918-1920 /Michael Wilson. "As the guns fell silent of the Western Front on 11 November 1918, and thousands of men were looking forward to their demobilisation, civil war still raged in Russia. For the Allied forces in Russia, the war was not over and they faced an implacable foe, as Leon Trotsky energetically reorganised the rabble of revolutionaries into an effective fighting force - the Red Army. The White Russian Army, in support of the Tsar, was still fighting the Bolsheviks, especially in the north of Russia, and the Royal Navy sent a squadron of ships in support with British troops fighting against the Bolsheviks on land. The Russian towns of Murmansk and Archangel became British enclaves as our soldiers and sailors fought a valiant but doomed war against the Bolsheviks for, despite the intervention of the many Allied forces in various parts of Russia and regardless of the efforts of the various White armies, the Bolsheviks were victorious on all fronts when the civil war was over in 1922. In this captivating history, Michael Wilson tells the story of the Royal Navy's part in this little-known war."--Provided by the publisher. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1918/1920"(42:47)

Greenwich Park : management plan Royal Parks 2006 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

Admiral Edward Russell and the rise of British naval supremacy / by David West. "For many people the name of Edward Russell (1653-1727) strikes few chords of recognition, even though his influence on naval history can scarcely be overestimated. In this first book devoted to Admiral Russell, David West brings us the background and achievements of a man without whom the course of British history would have been very different. At the age of 38, Edward Russell raised his flag as Commander-in-Chief of the English Fleet and set in motion a chain of events that saw the rise of British Naval Supremacy around 100 years ahead of Nelson's famous victory."--Provided by the publisher. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92ORFORD

Dancing with strangers : the true history of the meeting of the British First Fleet and the aboriginal Australians, 1788 /Inga Clendinnen. Clendinnen, Inga. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.4(=1-81)"1788"

The century before steam : the development of the sailing ship 1700-1820 McGowan, Alan 1980 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 629.123.13"17/18"

A history of marine navigation / by W. E. May. May, W E 1973. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 527(091)

Malacca Strait and West Coast of Sumatera pilot. 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.8922472

Hostile Sea : the U-boat offensive around the Isle of Man during World War One /Adrian Corkill. "This is the story of the events in the seas around the Isle of Man during World War One. In early 1915 Germany declared an unrestricted U-Boat campaign on Allied shipping forcing the British government to censor the British press with regard to all attacks on shipping, a move designed to prevent Germany learning of the true effectiveness of their campaign. As a result of this censorship, which also extended to the newspapers in the Isle of Man, few people today are aware to the extent of the German maritime offensive and the events that unfolded around the Isle of Man in the years between 1915 and 1918. Thirty vessels were sunk and many others narrowly escaped a similar fate after being attacked by U-Boats. Truly shocking was the terrible loss of life with over 400 souls perishing. The events that unfolded around the Isle of Man were a small, but significant part of the overall offensive, which came so very close to starving Britain into submission and winning the war for Germany. This book will prove invaluable to those interested in local and maritime history, World War One or those investigating a family ancestor involved in the action. The information on wreck sites and how to locate them on the seabed with reliable GPS coordinates also provides the sports diver and boat angler with the premier guide on World War One shipwrecks around the Isle of Man."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(428.9)"1914/1918"

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates : the forgotten war that changed American history /Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford. Over the previous fifteen years, as a diplomat and then as secretary of state, Jefferson had tried to work with the Barbary states (Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco). Unfortunately, he found it impossible to negotiate with people who believed their religion justified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy -- at least not while easy money could be made by extorting America, France, England, and other powers. So President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of marines to blockade Tripoli -- launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status. [2015]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1799/1805"(64:73)

Early aviation at Farnborough : the history of the Royal Aircraft Establishment : volume 1 balloons, kites and airships Walker, Percy B 1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.62(422.7):623.7

The Great Japan exhibition : art of the Edo period, 1600-1868 : Royal Academy of Arts, London 1981-2 : catalogue /William Watson. Watson, William 1981. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7(52)"1600/1868"

Paddle steamers of Australasia / R H Parsons with the main contribution on River Murray steam vessels by John C Tolley. Parsons, R H 1973 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.21(93)

Men, ships and the sea / by Alan Villiers and other adventures on the sea. Foreword by Melville Bell Grosvenor. Villiers, Alan 1973. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123

Nature and the godly empire : science and evangelical mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850 /Sujit Sivasundaram. "Nineteenth-century historians have described how science became secular and how scientific theories such as evolution justified colonialism. This book changes this narrative by offering the first sustained account of the relationship between nineteenth-century science and Christianity outside the Western world. It focuses on the intrepid missionaries of the London Missionary Society who reverently surveyed the oceans and islands of the Pacific and instructed converts to observe nature in order to interpret God's designs. Sujit Sivasundaram argues that this knowledge functioned as a popular science that was inextricably linked with religious expansion. 2005. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 266(265):215

The illustrated encylopaedia of ships and boats : comprising an alphabetical directory of all types of craft past and present containing much discusssion of the development of hulls and rigging, together with mention of some of the most outstanding warships and commercial vehicles supplemented by a nautical glossary, bibliography and index /written and illustrated by Graham Blackburn. "This comprehensive reference book is the ultimate guide to the rich variety of seafaring vessels, from rafts to racing yachts, sloops to skiffs. With more than 750 alphabetically arranged entries, over 600 beautifully meticulous line-drawings, a full glossary of nautical terms, a bibliography and an index, this is the most impressive and the most complete guide to everything that floats. Written in Graham Blackburn's wonderfully idiosyncratic style and full of fascinating cross-references, this is the perfect gift for the nautical enthusiast."--Provided by thepublisher. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123(031)

False flags : disguised German raiders of World War II /Stephen Robinson. "False Flags tells the epic untold story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, Komet, Pinguin and Kormoran left Germany and waged a ?pirate war? in the South Seas ? part of Germany?s strategy to attack the British Empire?s maritime trade on a global scale. Their extraordinary voyages spanned the globe and are maritime sagas in the finest tradition of seafaring. The four raiders voyaged across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans as well as the Arctic and Antarctic. They sank or captured 62 ships in a forgotten naval war that is now being told in its entirety for the first time. The Orion and Komet terrorised the South Pacific and New Zealand waters before Pearl Harbor when the war was supposed to be far away. The Pinguin sank numerous Allied merchant ships in the Indian Ocean before mining the approaches to Australian ports and capturing the Norwegian whaling fleet in Antarctica. The Kormoran raided the Atlantic but will always be remembered for sinking the Australian cruiser Sydney off Western Australia, killing all 645 sailors on board in tragic circumstances. False Flags is also the story of the Allied sailors who encountered these raiders and fought suicidal battles against a superior foe as well as the men, women and children who endured captivity on board the raiders as prisoners of the Third Reich."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.545.9(43)"1939/1945"

Victorian and Edwardian Navy from old photographs /by John Fabb. Fabb, John 1976. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 355.353(42)"18/19"

Nemesis : the first iron warship and her world /Adrian Marshall. "The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the nineteenth century. The world's first iron warship, the first vessel with truly watertight compartments, and the first iron vessel to round the Cape of Good Hope, Nemesis represented a staggering new level of military superiority over the oar-and-sail-powered forces of Britain's Asian rivals. Yet strangely her story has never been told to modern audiences, and her origins and actions have until now been shrouded in mystery. This lively narrative places her in the historical context of the last years of the East India Company, and in the history of steam power and of iron ships. It tells of her exploits and in the first Opium War, in pirate suppression upriver and naval actions across Asia, from Bombay to Burma the Yangtze River and beyond. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82NEMESIS

Citizen sailors : becoming American in the age of revolution /Nathan Perl-Rosenthal. "In the decades after the United States formally declared its independence in 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation's seamen, whose labor took them far from home and deep into the Atlantic world. Citizen Sailors tells the story of how their efforts to become American at sea in the midst of war and revolution created the first national, racially inclusive model of United States citizenship. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal immerses us in sailors' pursuit of safe passage through the ocean world during the turbulent age of revolution. Challenged by British press-gangs and French privateersmen, who considered them Britons and rejected their citizenship claims, American seamen demanded that the U.S. government take action to protect them. In response, federal leaders created a system of national identification documents for sailors and issued them to tens of thousands of mariners of all races--nearly a century before such credentials came into wider use. Citizenship for American sailors was strikingly ahead of its time: it marked the federal government's most extensive foray into defining the boundaries of national belonging until the Civil War era, and the government's most explicit recognition of Black Americans' equal membership as well. This remarkable system succeeded in safeguarding seafarers, but it fell victim to rising racism and nativism after 1815. Not until the twentieth century would the United States again embrace such an inclusive vision of American nationhood"--Provided by publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(73)"17/18"

The Great Siege of Malta : the epic battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John /Bruce Ware Allen. "In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St. John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette. The Knights had been expelled from Rhodes by the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, and now stood as the last bastion against a Muslim invasion of Sicily, southern Italy, and beyond. The siege force of Turks, Arabs, and Barbary corsairs from across the Muslim world outnumbered the defenders of Malta many times over, and its arrival began a long hot summer of bloody combat, often hand to hand, embroiling knights and mercenaries, civilians and slaves, in a desperate struggle for this pivotal point in the Mediterranean. Bruce Ware Allen's The Great Siege of Malta describes the siege's geopolitical context, explains its strategies and tactics, and reveals how the all-too-human personalities of both Muslim and Christian leaders shaped the course of events. The siege of Malta was the Ottoman empire's high-water mark in the war between the Christian West and the Muslim East for control of the Mediterranean. Drawing on copious research and new source material, Allen stirringly recreates the two factions' heroism and chivalry, while simultaneously tracing the barbarism, severity, and indifference to suffering of sixteenth-century warfare. The Great Siege of Malta is a fresh, vivid retelling of one of the most famous battles of the early modern world - a battle whose echoes are still felt today." [2015]. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 945.8/502

An American in London : Whistler and the Thames /Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort. In the 1860s and 1870s Whistler produced a body of work based on the Thames. Pivotal to his career, this beautiful group of paintings, prints and drawings permits a detailed examination of his approach to composition, subject and technique. The earliest paintings, notably Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge, produced soon after his arrival in London, mark one of his most profound and successful challenges to the art establishment of the time. As well as allowing a detailed study of the evolution of an artist, these works show the Thames under contrasting climatic conditions, from Chelsea in Ice to the lovely Nocturn: Grey and Gold - Westminster Bridge, which depicts the deep blue of warm summer evenings. They bring to life Victorian London: the workers and women who frequented the Thames-side wharves and pubs, the shipping that thronged the Pool, the barges that navigated the perilous passage under the bridges, and the steamboats and ferries crowded with daytrippers. The Nocturns of the 1870s mark an important breakthrough in Whistler's art: his shift from French Realism to sophisticated harmony, based on mood and atmosphere, but still rooted in a literal rendering of the Thames waterside. The famous Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge is the culmination of his bridge paintings; here the influence of Japanese prints reached its fullest form. This comprehensive and handsomely illustrated study presents the definitive examples of Whistler's radical new aesthetic approach to the time-honoured subject of the city and river. In addition, the works reveal to us his world - the exhibitions, the personalities, the buildings, the style, and the atmosphere which inform his art and root this American cosmopolitan securely in the ranks of artists inspired by London and the Thames. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7WHISTLER

Der Kapitèan und der Kèunstler : die Erforschung der Terra Australis /Rudi Palla. Palla, Rudi, 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 759.36

Illustrated memorial of the east coast raids by the German Navy and airships : including authentic list of persons killed :showing representative pictures of the damage wrought in the various districts :together with an introduction by Harold Hood /Hood, Harold Hood, Harold. 1915. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 940.442

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