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More Naval Chronicles
One of my earliest blogs was in anticipation of our reissue of the 40 volumes of the Naval Chronicle, and I followed it up a few weeks later with some comments on the extraordinarily varied content of the volumes. Now, … Continue reading
The Transit of Venus
It’s always the same thing – you wait for ages for a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and then three come along at once: the London Olympic Games next month (if you like that sort of thing), the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Earth Sciences, History, Life Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, The Naval Chronicle, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Captain Cook, Daniel Solander, Kerguelen Islands, Kew Gardens, Rodrigues, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, transit of Venus
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Death in Paradise
The Revd Andrew Kippis (1725–95) was a Presbyterian minister. Highly educated, although as a dissenter he was barred from the universities, he was appointed to the Presbyterian congregation in Princes Street, Westminster on Hanover Square), in 1753, and kept the … Continue reading
Posted in History, The Naval Chronicle, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Captain Cook, Hawai'i, Sir Joseph Banks
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Mutiny On The ‘Bounty’
Are you a Charles Laughton/Clark Gable person, or a Trevor Howard/Marlon Brando one? (We’ll ignore the Hopkins/Gibson 1984 pairing for the purposes of this exercise.)
