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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 938

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Author: Richard Cannon
Publisher: London : Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards, 1837 (London : W. Clowes and Sons, 1835)
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Languages : en
Pages : 868

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Author: Robert Holden Mackenzie
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Category : Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Author: Trevor Fishlock
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 057128714X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Conquerors of Time celebrates 150 years of courage, energy, innovation, resourcefulness and grand ideas, from the late 17th century to the early 20th. It's about the seafarers, engineers, inventors and trailblazers who enabled the British to hold together a vast empire and the Americans to push their frontiers west. Some, such as Captain Cook and Robert Stephenson are famous. Others, like the makers of chromonometers, the collectors of tropical plants or the railway engineers who roughed it in the Canadian wilderness are less well-known. What they all had in common is a desire to understand the world and a determination to harness the forces of nature. 'Trevor Fishlock's brio and broad vision matches those of his subjects and makes for a rattling good read.' Lawrence James, Daily Mail 'Fact-filled and highly evocative ... the sheer romance of the story is irresistible.' Sunday Telegraph

Author: Great Britain
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 964

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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 934

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Author: Great Britain. Emigration Commission
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 774

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Author: Georgie Lee
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373297564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Two adventurous spirits Julia Howard longs for the freedom her inheritance will bring her—but with her controlling brother holding the purse strings, she's going to need a most convenient engagement… An encounter in the woods with a dashing stranger couldn't be more timely. Wounded, his life at sea at an end, Captain James Covington isn't prepared for the dull ache of civilian life. He sees in Julia a fellow adventurous spirit—willing to risk all. Could agreeing to her outrageous proposal help him recapture a reason to live as they face the biggest adventure of all—marriage?

Author: Tom McCluskie MBE MBE
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752492411
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Harland and Wolff, once acknowledged as the greatest and best-known shipbuilding company in the world, for many years enjoyed a mighty eminence before a gradual descent into near obscurity. This illustrated book, told from the unique perspective of someone who was there at the time, chronicles the history of the organisation from its creation to the present day, from its halcyon days to its present incarnation. Today, the company is no longer involved in shipbuilding, maintaining only a small ship repair and engineering facility and occupying a fraction of its previously vast complex. At its peak Harland and Wolff directly employed over 45,000 people, with even more in its subsidiary companies. Well-known Harland and Wolff former employee Tom McCluskie, who was a technical consultant to James Cameron on the movie Titanic, sheds light on many little-known facts about the business, delves into the human interest stories, and recounts both the mighty zenith and ignominious demise of this great enterprise.

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.