Author: Phil CarradicePublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445630206
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The fascinating history of Pembroke Dock illustrated through old and modern pictures.
Author: Phil Carradice
Author: Roger MacCallumPembroke & Around Through Time
Author: Nikki AndersonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445616270
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Pembroke and its surrounding area has changed and developed over the last century.
Neyland & Llanstadwell Through Time
Author: Simon HancockPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445615541
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Neyland & Llanstadwell District has changed and developed over the last century.
Britannia's Dragon
Author: J.D. DaviesPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752494104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Based on extensive research, The Naval History of Wales tells a compelling story that spans nearly 2,000 years, from the Romans to the present. Many Welsh men and women have served in the Royal Navy and the navies of other countries. Welshmen played major parts in voyages of exploration, in the navy's suppression of the slave trade, and in naval warfare from the Viking era to the Spanish Armada, in the American Civil War, both world wars and the Falklands War. Comprehensive, enlightening, and provocative, The Naval History of Wales also explodes many myths about Welsh history, naval historian J.D. Davies arguing that most Welshmen in the sailing navy were volunteers and that, relative to the size of national populations, proportionately more Welsh seamen than English fought at Trafalgar. Written in vivid detail, this volume is one that no maritime or Welsh historian can do without.
Author: Alan PhillipsEndeavour
Author: Peter MoorePublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374715513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"An immense treasure trove of fact-filled and highly readable fun.” --Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book Review A Sunday Times (U.K.) Best Book of 2018 and Winner of the Mary Soames Award for History An unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped add a hemisphere to the civilized world The Enlightenment was an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand projects undertaken at speed. Endeavour was also the name given to a collier bought by the Royal Navy in 1768. It was a commonplace coal-carrying vessel that no one could have guessed would go on to become the most significant ship in the chronicle of British exploration. The first history of its kind, Peter Moore’s Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World is a revealing and comprehensive account of the storied ship’s role in shaping the Western world. Endeavour famously carried James Cook on his first major voyage, charting for the first time New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia. Yet it was a ship with many lives: During the battles for control of New York in 1776, she witnessed the bloody birth of the republic. As well as carrying botanists, a Polynesian priest, and the remains of the first kangaroo to arrive in Britain, she transported Newcastle coal and Hessian soldiers. NASA ultimately named a space shuttle in her honor. But to others she would be a toxic symbol of imperialism. Through careful research, Moore tells the story of one of history’s most important sailing ships, and in turn shines new light on the ambition and consequences of the Age of Enlightenment.
Author: John Evans
Author: Frederick Pollock