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Ship-building: long and short sections (top), and plan and side elevation (below) of a paddle-steamer. Engraving by J. Pass, 1827.
Date: 1827Reference: 44504i- Pictures
Above, a sailing ship rolling in a rough sea; below, game birds on a moor under stormy clouds. Aquatint by T.H. Fielding.
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781-1851.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2922171i- Pictures
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Panorama of the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Engraving by S. and N. Buck, 1749.
Date: 11 September 1749Reference: 24286i- Pictures
A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
Date: 1806Reference: 26286i- Books
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Journal of His Majesty's ship Litchfield, Captain Matthew Barton. Containing a particular account of every material occurrence which happen'd from their sailing from the 11th of November, 1758, ... against the island of ... wreck'd on the coast of Barbary. Also, the hardships they underwent ... slavery, in Morocco, ... To which is added, a description of Morocco and the Emperor's palace and gardens with the customs and manners of the natives.
Sutherland, James, Lieutenant.Date: [1760?]- Books
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God save the king. Lieutenant-General Sir James Stewart, has this moment received a letter from Admiral Kingsmill, which states, that the hazard sloop of war is arrived at Cove from Bristol, and brings the joyful account of Admiral Nelson falling in with the French fleet, having captured Buonaparte, with five sail of the line, and a number of transports. ...
Date: [1798]- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, part of the King Charles block, with a scale. Engraving by H. Hulsburgh after C. Campbell, 1715.
Campbell, Colen, 1676-1729.Date: 1715Reference: 28205i- Books
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Medway, in Lisbon river, July 4, o.s. Dear Sam, after we receiv'd our orders, by an express, we weigh'd and went to sea (in company with the Monmouth) which was on the 25th of April last; we met with nothing till the 30th, when we saw a sail just out of the water, we stood for her, and in seven hours came up with her, and took her; she prov'd a Spanish privateer of eighteen carriage and seven swivel guns, and had 126 men on board: ...
Date: 1745?]- Books
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The description and use of the current logg; or, an instrument to try a current when a ship is under sail; by which The true Distance may be measured, and the Direction and Velocity of the Current at any Time found. To which is added, the use of Hadley's quadrant. for Taking of Angles and Heights in surveying of Land, Bays, Harbours, &c. or taking the Distances of Capes and Headlands when at Sea. By William Orcherton, M. A. A Teacher of Mathematics in the Royal Navy during the late War.
Orcherton, William.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Pictures
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Cleopatra setting fire to the sails of a ship . Etching by F. Chauveau., 1648.
Chauveau, François, 1613-1676.Date: 1648Reference: 42964i- Books
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Navigation; or, the art of sailing upon the sea. Containing a demonstration of the fundamental principles of this art. Together with all the practical rules of computing a ship's way, Both BY Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middle Latitude, Founded upon the foregoing Principles. With many other useful Things hereto belonging. To which are added, several necessary tables.
Emerson, William, 1701-1782.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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Navigation; or, the art of sailing upon the sea. Containing a demonstration of the fundamental principles of this art. Together with all the practical rules of computing a ship's way, Both by Plain Sailing, Mercator, and Middle Latitude, Founded upon the foregoing Principles. With many other useful Things hereto belonging. To which are added, Several Necessary Tables.
Emerson, William, 1701-1782.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The American coast pilot; containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands, from Passamaquoddy through the Gulph of Florida, with directions for sailing into the same, describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. Together with the courses and distances from Cape-Cod and Cape-Ann to Georges'-Bank, through the South and East Channels, and the setting of the currents, with the latitudes and longitudes of the principal harbours on the coast. Together with a tide table. By Capt. Lawrence Furlong. Corrected and improved by the most experienced pilots in the United States - Also, information to masters of vessels, wherein the manner of transacting business at the custom-houses is fully elucidated. Published according to act of Congress.
Furlong, Lawrence, 1734-1806.Date: - 1798- Pictures
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Three children play with boats sailing in a large tub of water. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 29191i- Pictures
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Casting his contract into the sea, Tom Idle in a rowing boat heads towards a sailing ship past a point of land with four windmills and a prominent gibbet. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 December 1795Reference: 38371iPart of: Industry and idleness- Books
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The brighthelmston directory: containing a description of that town, its soil, air, spring and mineral-waters, amusements, &c. with some account of its history, antiquities, Fishery, and Sea-Bathing; the times of sailing of the Pacquet-Boats; the Stage-Coaches, &c. their Inns, and time of setting out, Post-Roads to it, &c. Including Several Observations and Particulars, which will be found useful and entertaining to the Company frequenting that Place.
Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Archives and manuscripts
Young, Allan
Date: Late 19th Century?Reference: GALTON/3/2/1/142Part of: Galton Papers- Pictures
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A balloon sails over the headland and is rescued by a passing ship as it collapses. Coloured wood engraving.
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The Trinity Hospital, Greenwich, with the sails of a ship in the distance. Coloured engraving by Angus after Tomkins, 1801.
Tomkins, Thomas, 1792-1808.Date: 1 January 1801Reference: 25348i- Pictures
Fishing and cargo vessels on the Thames (?). Etching by A. Mortimer.
Mortimer, Alexander, active 1885-1896.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 2475227i- Books
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Sailing directions for Bristol and St. George's channels, Shewing the rocks, shoals, sands, anchoring grounds, and stopping places; the times of high water on the full and change days of the moon; the rice, direction, and velocity of the streams of spring and neap tides. With every thing else requisite for navigating these coasts.
Date: 1799- Books
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An Act for the more effectual securing the duties now payable on foreign-made sail cloth imported into this kingdom; and for charging all foreign-made sails with a duty; and for explaining a doubt concerning ships being obliged at their first setting out to sea, to be furnished with one complete set of sails made of British sail cloth.
Great Britain.Date: 1746]- Books
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A True and particular account of the loss of the Halsewell (East-Indiaman,) Capt. Richard Pierce, which was unfortunately cast away, at Seacombe, in the Isle of Purbeck, on the coast of Dorsetshire, on Friday morning, January 6, 1786. Shewing the paternal behaviour of Capt. Pierce, who preferr'd perishing with his daughters, to the being preserved without them. I. Their sailing from the downs, with a fair wind, and agreeable prospect. II. A list of the amiable young ladies, and gentlemen passengers. III. A strong gale springs up soon after, which occasions them to cut their cables, and run off to sea. IV. A journal of their proceedings and distresses before the ship struck on the rocks of Purbeck, near Portland. V. The whole account of that melancholy event, with the manner of preserving part of the officers and ship's crew. VI. An authentic list of the saved, and other particulars.
Date: [1786]- Books
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The wooden world dissected, in the characters of I. A ship of War. II A sea-captain. III. A Sea-Lieutenant. IV. A Sea-Chaplain. V. The Master of a Ship of War. VI. The Purser. Vii. The Surgeon. Viii. The Gunner. IX. The Carpenter. X. The Boatswain. XI. A Sea-Cook. XII. A Midship-Man. XIII The Captain's Steward. XIV. A Sailor, &c. By a lover of the mathematicks.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1708- Books
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The wooden world dissected, in the characters of I. A ship of war. II. A sea-captain. III. A Sea-Lieutenant. IV. A Sea-Chaplain. V. The Master of a Ship of War. VI. The Purser. Vii. The Surgeon. Viii. The Gunner. IX. The Carpenter. X. The Boatswain. XI. A Sea-Cook. XII. A Midship-Man. XIII. The Captain's Steward. XIV. A Sailor, &c. By a lover of the mathematicks.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1708