Royal Museums Greenwich – The Bell Bookshop

The Challenger Expedition

Emma — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

On December 1872, HMS Challenger, especially modified to support a team of civilian scientists, set sail from Portsmouth, England, to begin a round-the-world journey, unique for the scale of its ambition and scope. The Challenger Expedition: Exploring the Ocean’s Depths tracks the paths of six objects associated with the Challenger expedition, including the Baillie sounding machine, a starfish, a photographic album and HMS Challenger itself, to reveal the stories of the often hidden work, technologies and international collaboration at the heart of this nineteenth-century scientific endeavour. Lavishly illustrated with objects from the National Maritime Museum and significant collections around the world, The Challenger Expedition is a fascinating tale of scientific breakthroughs, global trade networks, empire and the legacy of the Challenger expedition on the modern study of oceanography

A Is for Atlas

Emma — Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A sumptuous, lavishly illustrated celebration ofcartography, featuring charts, maps, globes andatlases.The map collections at the National Maritime Museumcomprise about 40,000 maps, charts, globes andatlases, covering a time period from the thirteenthcentury to the present day. Curator of CartographyMegan Barford explores the variety of stories that arehidden within the collection, including the materials,techniques, makers, users, genres and features, tounderstand more about the different worlds in whichmaps were produced and consumed. From imperialrule to labour solidarity, and from sumptuous displayto scrap paper, A is for Atlas presents the mapcollections of National Maritime Museum as they havenever been seen before.

Stripes and Types of the Royal Navy: A Little Handbook of Sketches by Naval Offi

Emma — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This nostalgic handbook from the archive of the National Maritime Museum was originally published in 1909 and was intended to “interest and educate the public mind in the men who constitute the first line of our defensive forces.” In these pages, each rank found in the Royal Navy is beautifully illustrated with images of its uniform and markings, with additional information provided on the distinctive insignia of each rank of officers in the Royal Navy in the Executive and Civil branches, as well as the distinguishing badges of petty officers, men, and boys.