Library Results | Royal Museums Greenwich

A guide to historic maritime Greenwich : the Queen's House, National Maritime Museum galleries, Old Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Royal Naval College, Greenwich Park and town centre / 1996 National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) 1996 • PAMPHLET • 4 copies available. 914.216

Furs and frontiers in the far north : the contest among native and foreign nations for the Bering Strait fur trade /John R. Bockstoce ; foreword by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. Bockstoce, John R. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382:675.61(739.8)

Internationalizing the seabed Ogley, Roderick 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 341.225

Principles of naval architecture / ed. Edward V. Lewis ; pub. by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. 1988-1989. • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 629.12

Picturing the Pacific : Joseph Banks and the shipboard artists of Cook and Flinders /James Taylor "For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of this new world in the form of oil paintings, watercolours and drawings - a sensational view of a part of the world few would ever see. Today these works represent a fascinating and inspiring perspective from the frontier of discovery. It was Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, who popularised the placement of professional artists on British ships of exploration. They captured striking and memorable images of everything they encountered: exotic landscapes, beautiful flora and fauna, as well as remarkable portraits of indigenous peoples. These earliest views of the Pacific, particularly Australia, were designed to promote the new world as enticing, to make it seem familiar, to encourage further exploration and, ultimately, British settlement. Drawing on both private and public collections from around the world, this lavish book collects together oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints and other documents from those voyages, and presents a unique glimpse into an age where science and art became irrevocably entwined."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7:910.4(265/266)

Monatliche correspondenz : zur befèorderung der erd- und himmelskunde /Herausgegeben vom Freyherrn von Zach, Herzogl. Sachsischem Obersten und Directorn der Sternwarre Seeberg bey Gotha Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1804 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1804":094

Caring for books and documents Baynes-Cope, A. D. 1981 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 025.85

Mediterranean-built prizes taken into the Royal Navy / David J. Lyon Lyon, David, 1992 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)

Designing for children with special educational needs : ordinary schools Great Britain. Department of Education and Science 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 362.4

Assault landing craft : design, construction & operations /Brian Lavery. Lavery, Brian. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.828.2

The fatal fortress / the guns and fortifications of Singapore 1819-1856 /Bill Clements. "The Fall of Singapore in February 1942 was arguably the greatest disaster suffered by the British Empire. Between 1923 and 1938, the Singapore naval base had been upgraded with some of the largest coast guns ever installed. The guns' design and incorrect siting have since been blamed for the humiliating debacle. The Fatal Fortress traces the history of Singapore's fortifications and guns from the city's foundation in 1819 to the demise of coast artillery in the British Army in 1953. It also follows the development of artillery through the Victorian era of muzzle-loading guns to the introduction of the large breech-loading guns of the twentieth century. The author argues that it was not the siting of the guns that brought about the fall of Singapore, but an overall failure in command and control and a lack of suitable ammunition. The book is illustrated with a large number of photographs, drawings and plans, and contains a gazetteer describing all the batteries and forts, both existing and demolished. There is also an annex giving the details of the guns that were installed in Singapore."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.1/.3(592.3)

Maritime museum of Russia / K. P. Guber & A. A. Tron Guber, K. P. 2016. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069(26:470)

Hamble River : A Glimpse of the past /Ian Underdown Underdown, I. M.-(Ian M.) 2014 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 627.1(282.242)

Art on paper : mounting and housing /edited by Judith Rayner, Joanna M. Kosek and Birthe Christensen. 2005. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 069.445

Adams of Fleet Street, instrument makers to King George III " 'G. Adams in Fleet Street London' is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams Senior and his two sons, George Junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George Senior's family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George Junior's numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley's dabbling with 'medico-electrical therapeutics'. The book is richly illustrated with plates from the Adams' own publications and with examples of instruments ranging from unique museum pieces - such as the 'Prince of Wales' microscope - and globes to the more common, even mundane items of the kind seen in salesrooms and with dealers - the surveying, navigational and military instruments that formed the backbone of the business. The appendices include facsimiles of trade catalogues and an annotated short-title listing of the Adams family's publications, which also covers American and Continental editions, as well as the posthumous ones by W. & S. Jones."--Provided by the publisher. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.09Adams MIL

Operation Dynamo : the evacuation from Dunkirk, 26th May - 4th June 1940 /edited by Tim Benbow. "In May 1940, as France collapsed in the face of the German blitzkrieg, the British army and some French forces fell back on the Channel coast. The advancing Germans pushed them back and then briefly paused, confident that this cornered remnant of the allied forces was trapped. Yet the German command had failed to appreciate just what sea power could do to deny them the full fruits of their apparent victory; at short notice an evacuation was improvised which, it was initially thought, might if all went well last two days and rescue 45,000 men. The heroic rear guard action of the troops ashore against the renewed German advance, the ability of the RAF to provide just enough air cover, the tireless efforts of naval crews and those manning the priceless 'little ships', and the organisational genius of Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay saw Operation Dynamo succeed beyond all realistic expectation: two days became nine, and over 338,000 men were saved. Operational disaster in the Battle of France did not become strategic defeat in the war, and albeit at great cost to the Navy, the British army survived to be rebuilt. Above all, Britain could continue to fight. This volume reproduces the complete text of the Battle Summary written shortly after the war by the Admiralty historical staff, comprising a detailed and authoritative account of these dramatic events. This is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction, newly written for this volume, that explains the context for the operation as well as an overview of further reading on the subject."--Publisher website. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.542.1"1940"

Warships of the Napoleonic Era : design, development and deployment /Robert Gardiner. Gardiner, Robert 2011. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 623.82"1793/1815"

Politics, shipping and the repeal of the navigation laws Palmer, Sarah 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.799

The sale of the century : artistic relations between Spain and Great Britain 1604-1655 Brown, Jonathan (ed.) 2002 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7:069.5CHARLES I:658.849.7

Untersuchungen èuber die Gestalt der Erde / Dr. Philipp Fischer, Professor der Mathematik, Director der Grossh. technischen Scule zu Darmstadt und Mitglied der Grossh. Hessischen Centralstelle fur die Landesstatistik Fischer, Philipp. 1868. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.2:094

Building Britain's wooden walls : the Barnard dynasty c.1697-1851 /John E. Bernard Barnard, John E. 1997 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.12Barnard

29 missing : the true and tragic story of the disppearance of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald The story of the circumstances surrounding the sinking on 10 November 1975 of the freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in a snowstorm on Lake Superior, and the loss of all twenty-nine men on board. The book includes evidence obtained from explorations of the wreck between 1976-95, information from contemporary government reports, and dialogue from the ship's radio transmissions. 1998 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3Edmund Fitzgerald

Selection of materials for the storage or display of museum objects Lee, L R 1996 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069.271.7

Warship 1994 / edited by John Roberts. Roberts, John, 1994. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82"1994"

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