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The adventures of Roderick Random. ...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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(inscribed to the British land and sea officers.) The British Mars. Containing several schemes and inventions, to be practised by land or sea against the enemies of Great-Britain. Shewing more plainly, the great advantage Britain has over other nations, by being masters at sea. In Two Parts. Part I. contains. The Construction of Boats both to stow in less room in Ships, and goswiftly, to discover an Enemy's Coast, and to land and embark Troops with greater Safety; also to construct Vessels to lye nearer the Shore, to better protect the Troops in landing or embarking; also rolling Defences to be used as floating Batteries, or as Floats for landing Cannon, &c. and for making Defences and Batteries on Shore more expeditiously, and for filling up Ditchee, &c. Also contains a Method to fit old Ships of War and small floating Batteries, to batter land Defences with greater Force; and another Method to fit old Ships of War (that cannot be sunk by Shot) to lye before Batteries and receive the Shot, while other Ships pass by; with Remarks and Observations. Part II. contains Methods to fortify dwelling Houses, that even Women and Children may defend themselves from Indians with small Arms, designed for our Settlements in America, and other Places. Also a new Method of Fortification, and making Batteries. To which is added, an appendix, Containing a Scheme for Manning the British Navy, with less Grievance to the Subject; And a Scheme to employ Seamen: Of a Copper Mine near Hudson's Bay: And of discovering the North-West Passage, or determine there is no such Passage; with Cautions and Directions. By Joseph Robson, engineer. The whole illustrated by eleven plates.
Robson, Joseph.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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The adventures of Roderick Random. ...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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The adventures of Roderick Random. In two volumes. ...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Date: 1780- Pictures
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Boer War: a funeral on board a ship at night with officers and crew standing round the body. Watercolour with gouache by W. T. Maud, 1899.
Maud, W. T., 1865-1903.Date: [1899]Reference: 23709i- 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- Archives and manuscripts
Graham, Thomas (1818-1850), naval surgeon
Graham, Thomas, 1818-1850.Date: 1830-1850Reference: MSS.5462 & 8414-8420- Pictures
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Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.
Date: 14 April 1855Reference: 24466i- Books
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An attempt to improve the method of arming trading vessels. With a description of the carronade, and some hints concerning shot.
Date: Printed in the Year, M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- Archives and manuscripts
Italian Medical Miscellany, 18th Century
Date: 18 September 1743Reference: MS.5863/13Part of: Italian Medical Miscellany, 18th Century- Pictures
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A British bulldog representing the Royal Navy holds a rat on which is written 'Blucher' in between its teeth; representing the sinking of SMS Blücher by the Royal Navy. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 1915.
Racey, A. G. (Arthur George), 1870-1941.Date: 1915Reference: 571935i- Books
Ship of ghosts : the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / James D. Hornfischer.
Hornfischer, James D.Date: 2006- Videos
Revealed. Ghosts of the Mary Rose.
Date: 2008- Archives and manuscripts
Garnot, Prosper (1794-1838)
Garnot, Prosper, 1794-1838Date: c. 1815Reference: MS.2474- Archives and manuscripts
French Naval Miscellany
Forbin, Claude, comte de, 1656-1733Date: 1692-1856Reference: MS.7918- Pictures
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Cap-Haitien, Haiti: the surgery of HMS Bulldog. Watercolour by E.L. Moss, 1865.
Moss, Edward L. (Edward Lawton), 1843-1880.Date: 23rd Oct 1865Reference: 44658i- Pictures
The Bosphorus. Lithographs after J. Schranz, 1856-1858.
Schranz, Joseph.Date: [1856-1858]Reference: 569589i- Archives and manuscripts
Liberia
Date: 1921-1932Reference: PP/MDM/A/3/6Part of: Mackenzie, Melville Douglas- Pictures
The Bosphorus. Lithographs after J. Schranz, 1852-1855.
Schranz, Joseph.Date: [1852-1855]Reference: 39162i