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Author: James P Mcguane
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393047490
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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From tar-ladles and snuffboxes to sailmaker's fids and carronades, this is a gorgeous photographic essay on Jack Aubrey's world in the Royal Navy. 280 color illustrations.
Author: James P Mcguane
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393047490
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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From tar-ladles and snuffboxes to sailmaker's fids and carronades, this is a gorgeous photographic essay on Jack Aubrey's world in the Royal Navy. 280 color illustrations.
Author: Philip J. Haythornthwaite
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Author: James E. Oberg
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811710076
Category : Environmental engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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This exciting new volume presents every ship in which Admiral Horatio Nelson served, in full detail, for the first time. Includes a comprehensive background of each vessel and the incidents that occurred when Nelson was aboard each ship. 45 photos. 40 line drawings.
Author: Patrick Richardson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Author: Peter Goodwin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472954181
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
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In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Horatio Nelson took part in an expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was to find a navigable northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, and was supported by the Royal Society and King George III. Two bomb vessels HMS Racehorse and Carcass were fitted out and strengthened under the command of Captain Hon. Constantine Phipps. It was an extremely cold Arctic summer and the ships became locked in ice far from Spitzbergen and were unable to cut their way out until days later when the wind changed and the ice broke up. The ships were extricated and returned home. On the trip, the young Nelson had command of one of the smaller boats of the ships, a four-oared cutter manned by twelve seamen. In this he helped to save the crew of a boat belonging to the Racehorse from an attack by a herd of enraged walruses. He also had a more famous encounter with a polar bear, while attempting to obtain a bearskin as a present for his father, an exploit that later became part of the Nelson legend. Drawing on the ship's journals and expedition commander Phipps' journal from the National Archives, the book creates a picture of the expedition and life on board. Using the ships' muster books it also details the ship's crews giving the different roles and ranks in the ships. The book is illustrated using some of the ship's drawings and charts and pictures of many objects used on the ship, while a navigational chart of the route taken has been created from the logbooks. The book also looks at the overall concept of naval exploration as set in train by Joseph Banks and the Royal Society. The fact that the expedition failed as a result of poor planning with potentially tragic results demonstrates the difficulties and uncertainties of such an expedition. It also looks at a great naval commander at the earliest stage of his career and considers how the experience might have shaped his later career and attitudes. Other great captains and voyages are discussed alongside Nelson, including Captain Cook and his exploration of the south seas and the later ill-fated northern journeys of Franklin and Shackleton.
Author: Roy A. Adkins
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
ISBN: 9781408700549
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A unique and thrilling narrative which uncovers the lives of the heroes of Nelson's navy.
Author: United States Navy Department. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Author: Nathan Miller
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781557505958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Gives the history of United States Navy, its men, and the role they played in the creation and protection of America.
Author: Gordon Williamson
Publisher: In 100 Objects
ISBN: 9781526767301
Category : Submarines (Ships)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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