Author: J. BRUNET (of Boulogne.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
New Guide to Boulogne-sur-Mer ... Second edition
Author: J. BRUNET (of Boulogne.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Merridew's Visitor's Guide to Boulogne-sur-Mer and its environs ... To which is added an appendix ... and new maps and chart
Author: Henry Melville MERRIDEWPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Merridew's illustrated Guide to Boulogne-sur-Mer and its environs; ... Revised and enlarged by R. B. Hinchliffe. Second edition
Author: Henry Melville MERRIDEWPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Impact of Technological Change
Author: John ArmstrongPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1786948885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This book presents an in-depth study of the impact of the steamship on Britain during its first forty years, roughly between 1810 and 1850. It relates the early steamship to several industrial themes including diffusion; construction; modernisation; the role of government - particularly the difficult attempt to align laissez-faire politics with the greater need for public safety measures due to technological advance; business and finance; plus public reaction and tourism. The aim is to establish the significance of the steamship as a conduit of modernisation and societal change. It consists of a foreword, introduction, and fourteen chapters devoted to specific themes, structured to ensure each chapters build on the preceding chapter’s progress. Collectively, they demonstrate that the development of both experience and enterprise with steam power both gained and refined during this period made the mid-century expansion of steamship technology across Britain possible. Ultimately, it establishes that steamship services began to adapt to oceanic routes, steam began to integrate into the world economy, and the age of sail began to draw to a close.
The Pocket Companion to Boulogne-sur-Mer and Its Environs ... Second Edition. [With a Plan.]
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Author: J. BRUNET (of Boulogne.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Merridew's Visitor's Guide to Boulogne-sur-Mer and Its Environs ...
Author: H. M. MerridewHorrible Shipwreck!
Author: Andrew C A JampolerPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612513271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
On August 25, 1833, the British convict ship Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children along with a crew of thirteen, left London for a convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on the beach at Boulogne--in sight of hundreds of horrified onlookers. Inexplicably, the captain, John Hunter, had refused offers of aid from the shore. Sensational news coverage of the calamity prompted an Admiralty investigation to find out who was responsible. The suspicion was that Hunter and the surgeon aboard rejected assistance because they feared the women would escape custody. Some blamed the doctor’s wife because she had refused to go ashore in the same boat with the convicts so no boat was launched. Colorfully set in the political and social context of early 19th century Great Britain, this account of the shipwreck is peopled with a fascinating cast of characters that includes John Wilks, the Paris correspondent of a London newspaper whose reporting triggered public emotions; Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary; William Hamilton, the British consul who led the investigation; Sarah Austin, a British expatriate whose heroism the night of the wreck merits an award; and a Prussian prince. Drawing from government records in England, Scotland, and France, and from contemporary reports, Andrew Jampoler spins a memorable sea tale that is entirely true yet rivals the best of fiction. Readers will find this latest addition to his growing body of works firmly cements Jampoler’s reputation as a master storyteller.
Brighton, and its Environs; being a complete guide for visitors to that fashionable watering-place, etc. [With a plan.]
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Author: Francis COGHLANThe Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
Author: Royal Geographical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Includes list of members.