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The books that make up this collection are bound in wood taken from the wreck of the Royal George.

Cunard Steamship Company Ltd's Souvenir of the Launching of RMS 'Aquitania' in 1913.

Charts and plans illustrating the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.

British public interest in the American War of Independence encouraged map production so that people could follow the struggle.

The letters of John Parr, an ordinary Jack Tar during the Napoleonic Wars.

The humorous, illustrated scrapbook includes photographs and hand-drawn illustrations from the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

William Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' recounts the final voyage of the merchant ship Britannia and her crew.

A book focusing on the sugar trade, written by the Scottish historian John Campbell and first published in 1763.

This month's item of the month is a recently acquired prize ledger compiled under Sir Coutts Trotter and dating 1786-1792. It illustrates the workings of the administration of the Royal Navy, and how the prize money system was managed during this period. In many ways it is an early example of 'bonus culture', a very topical subject!

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