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A Register of ships, employed in the service of the Hon. the United East India Company, From the union of the two companies, in 1707, to the year 1760; specifying the number of voyages, tonnage, commanders, and stations. To which is added, from the latter period to the present time, the managing owners, principal officers, surgeons, and pursers; with the dates of their sailing and arrival: also, an appendix, containing many particulars, interesting to those concerned in the East India commerce.
Date: 1800- Pictures
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H.M.S. Grampus, a hospital ship, lying off Deptford Creek, Greenwich, sailing boats nearby. Lithograph by W. P. Kay, ca. 1827.
Kay, William Porden.Date: 1827Reference: 30320i- Books
Beagle : from sailing ship to Mars spacecraft / Colin Pillinger.
Pillinger, C. T.Date: 2003- Ephemera
Hudson's Extract of Soap gained grand gold medal, Paris National Academy, 1877 ... : Hudson's Extract of Soap gained highest medal, Paris exhibition, for washing preparations 1878.
R. S. Hudson Limited.Date: [1880?]- Pictures
H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed to the breakers by tugs. Wood engraving by T. Williams, November 1872.
Date: 1872Reference: 30317i- Pictures
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A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.Date: 1640Reference: 524712i- Books
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A treatise on practical navigation and seamanship, with remarks, observations, and directions for managing and conducting a ship in all kinds of Weather, either under Sail or at Anchor, with many useful Hints and Remarks by way of Improvement to Navigation and to Navigators, in every Occurrence that can happen to a Ship at Sea or at Anchor. And also, a full and clear description of the English Channel, with distinct and clear Directions for sailing down the Channel from the Downs westward; also particular Directions for a Ship coming from the Ocean, and entering the English Channel, with Directions for sailing up the same to the Downs, both in fair and foul Weather, with whatever is necessary for the Seaman to know by way of Improvement. To make Ships, and the Management of them; and also navigation in general more perfect, and Consequently less dangerous and destructive to Men's Lives and Property, together With the Method the Author advised, and which was adopted in Scenes of the greatest Distress at Sea, in a violent Storm. By William Nichelson, Author of his Voyage to the East Indies, in His Majesty's Ship Elizabeth, Published in the Year 1765.
Nichelson, William.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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Black jacks : African American seamen in the age of sail / W. Jeffrey Bolster.
Bolster, W. JeffreyDate: 1997- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by W. H. Timms after himself, 1821.
Timms, W. H.Date: 1 February 1821Reference: 27665i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Wood engraving by H. Vizetelly after W. H. Prior.
Prior, William Henry, 1812-1882.Reference: 27711i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from the Isle of Dogs with two ships in the foreground. Lithograph by M. O'Connor after himself.
Reference: 28187i- Pictures
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H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed from Greenwich to Chatham by tugs. Wood engraving by J. Greenaway, with letterpress and view of St Paul's Cathedral in title area, 1872.
Date: 1872Reference: 30318i- Books
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A treatise on practical navigation and seamanship, with Remarks, Observations, and Directions for managing and conducting a Ship in all kinds of Weather, either under Sail or at Anchor, with many useful Hints and Remarks by way of Improvement to Navigation and to Navigators, in every Occurrence that can happen to a Ship at Sea or at Anchor. And also, A full and clear Description of the English Channel, with distinct and clear Directions for sailing down the Channel from the Downs westward; also particular Directions for a Ship coming from the Ocean, and entering the English Channel, with Directions for sailing up the same to the Downs, both in fair and foul Weather, with whatever is necessary for the Seaman to know by way of Improvement. To make ships, and the management of them, and also navigation in general more perfect, and Consequently less dangerous and destructive to Men's Lives and Property: together With the Method the Author advised, and which was adopted in Scenes of the greatest Distress at Sea, in a violent Storm. By William Nichelson, Author of his Voyage to the East-Indies, in His Majesty's Ship Elizabeth, Published in the Year 1765. To which is added, an appendix, Containing Remarks on various Subjects, and on the particular Situation of the Centre of Gravity in a Ship, &c. &c.
Nichelson, William.Date: [1796]- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed at sunset from afar with many ships, fishermen in the foreground. Lithograph by J. D. Harding after himself.
Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863.Reference: 27709i- Books
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Compendium artis nauticæ. Being the daily practice of the whole art of navigation; whereby all the problems of navigation and astronomy practicable at sea, are easily, expeditiously and exactly performed, only by tabular inspection: without The Operation of Plain and Spherical Trigonometry; each Problem being amply explained, and rendered intelligible to the meanest Capacity; so as to enable them to keep an Account of the Ships Way, both by Plain and Mercator's-Sailing: All being wholly New, and exactly agreeing with the nicest Calculation, and may readily be applied to most Parts of Practical Mathematicks. By John Collier, Formerly Teacher of the Mathematicks to the Gentlemen Voluntiers in the Royal Navy.
Collier, John, teacher of Mathematics.Date: 1729- Books
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An account of the fish-pool: consisting of a description of the vessel so call'd, lately invented and built for the importation of fish alive, and in good Health, from Parts however distant. A Proof of the Imperfection of the Well-Boat hitherto used in the Fishing Trade. The true Reasons why Ships become stiff or crank in Sailing; with other Improvements, very useful to all Persons concern'd in Trade and Navigation. Likewise, a description of the carriage intended for the conveyance of fish by land, in the same good Condition as in the Fish-Pool by Sea. By Sir Richard Steele, and Mr. Joseph Gillmore, Mathematician.
Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729.Date: 1718- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich: viewed from down river, with boats in the foreground. Engraving by J. B. Allen after G. Chambers.
Chambers, George, the elder, 1803-1840.Reference: 27710i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the quay with ships in the foreground, viewed from the pier. Ink drawing.
Reference: 28189i- Pictures
Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats and part of the foreshore in the foreground. Engraving by J. Watkins, 1843.
Date: January 1843Reference: 33911i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with ships and fishermen in the foreground. Lithograph.
Reference: 28186i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats, and mudlarks [?], in the foreground. Engraving.
Reference: 34061i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats and a buoy in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 34057i- Books
Tecnica, società e cultura : alle origini della supremazia tecnologica dell'Europa (XIV-XVII secolo) / Carlo M. Cipolla ; [traduzione di Franco Praussello].
Cipolla, Carlo M.Date: [1989], ©1989- Pictures
Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.
Reference: 34056i- Pictures
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A cargo ship sails into a green silhouette of a condom with a message to 'sail the safe course'; a safe sex advertisement by the Directorate General for Shipping and Maritime Affairs of the Netherlands Ministry of Transport and Public Works. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 671401i