National Maritime Museum Forlag
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The Challenger Expedition: Exploring the Ocean's Depths (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the launch of the Challenger expedition, The Challenger Expedition: Exploring the Ocean's Depths tells the story of the groundbreaking voyage that transformed our understanding of the deep sea.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Mars (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
As one of the five planets that can be seen in the night sky without the aid of a telescope, Mars has been a source of fascination for millennia. What is it about this dusty, dry world that has captured our imaginations so completely?
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
John Harrison and the Quest for Longitude (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Following one of the most inspiring and fascinating stories linked to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, this book centres on the life and achievements of John Harrison - designer and builder of the first accurate marine chronometers.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The Art of Naval Portraiture (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Charting the changing relationship between art and war this book includes likenesses of famous - and infamous - commanders, such as Francis Drake, James Cook and Horatio... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Space Oddities: An Astronomy Miscellany (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Uncover the answers to some of the most puzzling questions about space in this entertaining and informative miscellany from the expert astronomers at Royal Observatory Greenwich
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Buried Treasure: A Pirate Miscellany (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Buried Treasure is a light-hearted look at some of the most feared men and women who sailed the seas. The book lifts the lid or 'blows the gaff' on pirate lore and... Læs mere
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Royal Museums Greenwich Handbook (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, the National Maritime Museum and the Queen's House illustrate the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars, and their... Læs mere
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The Keeper of All The Secrets: Ceramic Art, Botanicals and the Caribbean Market Woman (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
At the centre of ‘The Keeper of All The Secrets’ is an important acquisition from artist and writer Jacqueline Bishop, a tea service that is the stage for conversations around empire, enslavement and female resistance.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Charles Hare's Great Escape: The Story of a Napoleonic Prisoner of War (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The remarkable story of Charles Hare, a Napoleonic prisoner of war, and his audacious escape from captivity is told through the uniform he used as a disguise – now on display at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The Captain Ogle's Cup: A Pirate Adventure (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A cup made of coconut and set into a silver mount provides atantalising link to the ‘golden age’ of piracy, entwining the lives of theRoyal Navy’s Chaloner Ogle and his most fearsome adversary, the pirate ‘BlackBart’.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Sea Sick: Lime Juice and Scurvy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Sea Sick: Lime Juice and Scurvy uses a seemingly unremarkable glass bottle as a jumping-off point for an exploration of the maritime world’s deadliest of diseases – scurvy – and the fascinating journey to find its cure.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
The J.M.W. Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': Commemoration and Controversy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth, J.M.W. Turner’s ‘The Battle of Trafalgar’: Commemoration and Controversy explores the history of the artist’s largest painting and his only royal commission.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
