Browsing by Subject "British"
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(2021-12-10)The first trans-Atlantic exchanges of flora and fauna occurred on Christopher Columbus’ initial journey to the American continent in 1492 and initiated a process that Alfred Crosby has termed the “Columbian Exchange”. ¹ ...
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(2016-08-26)In mid-nineteenth century Britain, the dramatic disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his men led to a large-scale search conducted throughout the Arctic by sailing ships and steamers. One such ship was HMS Pioneer (formerly ...
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(2011-02-22)At the beginning of the twentieth century, men occupied a contested and transitional space in British society. The effects of the women's movement, the Great War, and industrialization changed their life at home, at work, ...
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(2009-05-15)This thesis explores reactions to the Quebec Act of 1774 in pamphlets and newspapers within Britain and the American colonies. The Quebec Act was signed by George III in June of 1774, the bill instituted French Civil Law, ...
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(2018-08-27)The period 1730-1850 brought no major revolution in the design of wooden ships. Yet the origins of naval architecture and the beginnings of scientific understanding of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics can be traced to this ...
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(2021-04-15)In 1983, the British sloop Boscawen and two other vessels were discovered in the shallow waters near Fort Ticonderoga, New York. The vessels located at the site are believed to be some of the oldest sailing vessels in Lake ...