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The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

James Brooke; Henry Keppel

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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James, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (born James Brooke; 29 April 1803 - 11 June 1868) was a British adventurer whose exploits in areas of the British Empire led to him becoming the first White Rajah of Sarawak. In 1833, He inherited 30,000, which he used as capital to purchase a 142-ton schooner, The Royalist. Setting sail for Borneo in 1838, he arrived in Kuching in August to find the settlement facing an Iban and Bidayuh uprising against the Sultan of Brunei. Greatly impressed with the Malay Archipelago, in Sarawak he met Pangeran Muda Hashim, to whom he gave assistance in crushing the rebellion, thereby winning the allegiance of the Sultan, who in 1841 offered Brooke the governorship of Sarawak in return for his help. Raja Brooke was highly successful in suppressing the widespread piracy of the region. He was granted the title of Rajah of Sarawak on 24 September 1841, partly attributed to his relationship with a daughter of the Sultan, although the official declaration was not made until 18 August 1842. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, GCB, OM (14 June 1809 - 17 January 1904) was a British admiral, son of the 4th Earl of Albemarle and of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord de Clifford. He entered the navy from the old naval academy of Portsmouth in 1822. He became lieutenant in 1829 and commander in 1833. His first command was largely passed on the coast of Spain, which was then in the midst of the convulsions of the Carlist War. In 1837 he was promoted post captain, and appointed in 1841 to the service in China and against the Malay pirates, a service which he repeated in 1847, when in command of HMS Maeander.
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Charles Darwin's Voyage on H.M.S. Beagle

Charles Darwin's Voyage on H.M.S. Beagle

Maria Rivans

THAMES HUDSON LTD
2024
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Embark on an epic voyage of discovery, in one thousand puzzle pieces! In this fabulous puzzle, collage artist Maria Rivans celebrates Darwin’s journey with a glorious selection of its sights – from the giant tortoises of the Galapagos to the fossils of the Andes and, of course, the Beagle herself. Giving the puzzle an extra dimension, an accompanying booklet identifies the fauna included and reveals the stories behind the images chosen for the puzzle.
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Cornerstones: the Life of H.M. Farmar, from Omdurman to the Western Front

Cornerstones: the Life of H.M. Farmar, from Omdurman to the Western Front

Katherine Swinfen Eady

Helion Company
2019
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A chance encounter with a bundle of small dusty envelopes neatly wrapped up in string set Katherine Swinfen Eady on a journey of discovery about her Great Grandfather, Harold Mynors Farmar. As a regular soldier with the Lancashire Fusiliers Mynors began his army career in the traditional infantry format of a fighting square facing up to the Dervishes in the desert of the Sudan. Miraculously he survived the battle and the disease that followed and continued his career through the South African Wars and the First World War where Mynors suffered the horrors of Gallipoli, Messines and Third Ypres. At Gallipoli, as Staff Captain of the 86th Brigade, he witnessed the death of his friends on W Beach and then took command of the Brigade when the GOC was injured and the brigade major killed. At Messines, on General Sir John Monash’s staff of 3rd Australian Division he helped plan the battle and in the mud of Passchendaele he worked tirelessly to get his division fed, supplied and cared for. He was with the 35th Division when they played an important part in stemming the German advance in the Spring of 1918. And later on in the final year of the war, he taught at the newly established US Army Staff College in France before his wealth of knowledge and experience was called for by IX Corps when they pushed the Germans back before the Armistice. Mynors was a close friend of Tubby Clayton and worked closely with him for Toc H both during the war and afterwards. He was also part of the Inter-Allied Command in Turkey post war under Sir Charles Harington when they took the opportunity to review the Landings at Gallipoli with a Staff Tour. This book draws on a wealth of private papers that had lain undiscovered for years, and a hoard of letters written every day throughout the war to his beloved wife. Their importance lies in the wide breadth of operational theatres Mynors served in throughout his career and clearly shows how regular army officers of his generation not only understood the need for adaption and learning at a period of desperate fighting but builds on our understanding of the importance of individual initiative and relationships in inter-theatre learning and cooperation. It dismisses the concept that Staff Officers of the First World War were incompetent and inexperienced and shows the true feeling these `Cornerstones’ of the military endeavour had for the men under their care.
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Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator

Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator

Alfred Alcock

Hansebooks
2017
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Illustrations of the Zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator - Under the command of Commander A. Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., and of Commander R.F. Hoskyns, R.N. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
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