Brian Lavery

Smithsonian Institution

National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure

Ship

Peter Hore

Based around material from the archives of the National Maritime Museum, including letters, journals and despatches, it tells the story of life in the navy as experienced by commanders and ordinary seamen alike. More than a story of battles, this book shows how advances in technology made by the Royal Navy revolutionised their military power.

The Story of the Royal Navy 1545 to 1945

The Habit of Victory

1741-1821. A Selection of His Marine Works from the Collections of the National Maritime Museum

Nicholas Pocock

Rebekah Higgitt

Richard Dunn

Official publication of the National Maritime Museum's exhibition "Ships, Clocks and Stars: The Quest for Longitude". 300 years ago, amidst growing frustration from the naval community and pressure from the increasing importance of international trade, the British government passed the 1714 Longitude Act. It was an attempt to solve one of the most pressing problems of the age: how to determine a ship's longitude (east-west position) at sea. With life-changing rewards on offer, the challenge captured the imaginations and talents of astronomers, skilled craftsmen, politicians, seamen and satirists. This beautifully illustrated book is a detailed account of these stories, and how the longitude problem was solved. Highlights of the book include: * Foreword by the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees. * Specially commissioned photographs of the National Maritime Museum's collection. * A new description of the collaborations and conflicts in a tale of technical creativity, scientific innovation and hard commercialism. From the same publisher as Dava Sobel's Longitude, Finding Longitude tells a new story of one of the great achievements of the Georgian age, and how it changed our understanding of the world.

Finding Longitude

Henry T. A. Bosanquet

The Naval Officer's Sword

Britain's empire was sustained by shipping. These studies are concerned with a range of enterprises, both home and colonial, in which shipping was involved, relating to goods, people, ideas.

British Imperial Maritime Trade in the Nineteenth Century

Maritime Empires

Lifesaving Then and Now

'For Those in Peril'

A Catalogue of Drawings in the National Maritime Museum Made by the Elder and the Younger Willem Van de Velde

Van de Velde Drawings

An oft-overlooked period of art is revisited in this official catalog of The Golden Age, the upcoming 17th-century Dutch- and Flemish-seascapes exhibition scheduled for fall 2008 at the National Maritime Museum in London. As an important adjunct to the exhibition, the catalog reproduces more than 100 of the paintings on display, many of which have not been previously available in print. Essays by distinguished scholars—from the Netherlands Maritime Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the University of Virginia—detail the exhibits, with introductions to the historical period and each of the painters as well as original in-depth research that further illuminates the significance of the collection.

The Sea Through the Eyes of Dutch and Flemish Masters, 1550-1700

Turmoil and Tranquillity

Gloria Clifton

Prof. Gerard L'Estrange Turner

This publication lists over 5,000 scientific instrument makers and retailers working in the British Isles, together with a further 10,000 names of apprentices and associates. The directory transforms our understanding of the history of the scientific instrument-making trades in Britain. Each entry includes estimated working dates, specific trades, addresses, training, apprentices, types of instruments made and brief biographical details. As such this volume not only provides essential information for collectors, dealers, museum curators and scholars, but it will also have much to offer economic, social and family historians, with its evidence about master-apprentice links, trade connections and family relationships.

Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers, 1550-1851

Peter Bursey

This guide describes and locates over 1100 collections of original British naval documents in 250 US and Canadian repositories. It lists separate collections under six categories; provides a directory of libraries holding these collections, with details of opening hours, access, photocopying facilities and lists of papers held; and supplies three indexes.

Guide to British Naval Papers in North America

The Denny List: Ship numbers 769-1273

National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

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