Shipley & Saltaire in 1906 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers Shipley & much of Saltaire. Coverage stretches from Staveley Road at Nab Wood eastward to Crag Road & Crag End, & from Saltaire station southward to Norwood Avenue. Features at Shipley include the Midland station with full track layout given, Bradford Canal, Airedale Mills, Victoria Works, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Market Place, Old Hall, Jane Hills, Midland Dye Works, Windhill Crag, Shipley Fields, Shipley Fields Mill, Shipley Grange, St Paul`s church, Crow Gill Park, etc; at Saltaire features include station, tramways & depot, part of Saltaire Mills, Moor Head, Hollin Hall, Dungeon Wood. On the reverse are street directory entries for Bradford Road, Briggate, Commercial Street, Kirkgate, Saltaire Road & Titus Street. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Bring the famous Radio 4 bulletins to life with this decorative flat map of the shipping forecast areas. The Shipping Forecast is produced by the UK Meteorological society & describes the weather reports & forecasts around the British Isles. In this mock-antique style map the areas are clearly marked & include famous areas like Fisher, Forties & Fastnet. Displayed on a wall, it could easily serve as a practical guide. The map is mounted on card & is illustrated with decorative ships & fishes. The ideal gift for those addicted to the 4 times daily broadcasts or even those just attracted by one of the most idiosyncratic British traditions! ...

This is a new addition to the ” See Inside” series about ships throughout history from Viking longboats to Spanish galleons, ironclads to aircraft carriers. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides of ships from across the ages, explaining in simple, clear language what they were used for, how the crew & passengers lived & how they sailed the oceans. It

Includes:: a gate-fold page of a huge aircraft carrier.

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Ships, a Pop- up Book by Robert Crowther will capture the imagination of children passionate about sailing. The book presents the information in a clear & fun way. Lift flaps & pull tabs to find out about early ships, steam boats & modern ships as well as many interesting facts about their history. With this interactive, beautifully crafted & colourful book, kids will learn while having fun. This book is by the same author who wrote Railway a Pop- up Book & Flight a Pop-up Book. Suitable for 3+ years old children. ...

This report is the first full study of the remains of ships & boats used in the port of London from the first to the eleventh century AD. Using evidence from the vessels, from the waterfronts, & from trade goods, Peter Marsden has reconstructed the design & use fo these ancient ships, & brought together for the first time the accumulated evidence of over 30 years of archaeolgoical research. ...

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain & Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman & the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa & the Himalayas & found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender & Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source &, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, ` The journeys of discovery undertaken through two decades by this pair of venturesome ragamuffins are unparallelled in the annals of mountain exploration.` Jim Perrin writes of his source-
Material: ` These unpublished diaries, journals, & extensive correspondence have not previously been used to present a portrait of the most productive friendship in the history of mountain exploration. What they reveal is, in Shipton`s phrase, ”a random harvest of delight” gathered by two uniquely bold & engaging characters from the great mountain ranges of the world during the golden era of their first western exploration. Between geographical excitement, the nature of arduous travel in difficult & uncharted terrain throughout a lost epoch, & the quirkiest & most stimulating of friendships, the theme is a gift, & one that has long been waiting for adequate treatment`.
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In Shipton & Tilman Jim Perrin investigates the prominent duo who in the 1930s became a legend & inspired contemporaries with photos of unknown peaks in the Karakoram. Using unpublished diaries, journals & letters, the authors pays homage to the friendship between the two unconventional climbers who preferred lightweight & self-reliant style of mountaineering. They trekked the Himalayas, crossed Africa by bicycle, explore China & journeyed down the Oxus River to its source. Credited with unlocking Everest & discovering a route to Nanda Devi Sanctuary as well as pioneering many routes in the Nepalese Himalayas, they pushed the limits of human endurance. ...

The tale of Padre Diego Rivadeneira, who while attempting to travel from Peru to Spain in 1654 was shipwrecked twice & then on his third attempt to make the journey his ship was attacked & sunk by the British! In 1996 Dave Horner discovered Padre's journal in an archive in Seville & set about discovering the treasure that he lost & telling his story. ...

On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, out of Nantucket, spotted a `shoal` of sperm whales. It was a fine clear day, about eight in the morning. Two whaling boats, lightly built for rowing speed, were lowered from the Essex. The crew pursued & harpooned tree of the whales, whereupon the largest of them
- some 85 feet long
- rammed the Essex twice in ten minutes & `stove in her bows`. This remarkable incident was followed by an epic three-month journey in open boats across storm-tossed seas
- a feat of navigation & survival that rivals those of Shackleton & Bligh. Only eight men survived, sustained by eating six of those who died. Twenty-three-year-old Owen Chase was first mate of the Essex. His narrative of these events makes compulsive reading. This edition also

Includes:: memoirs by another crew member & by ship`s captain, as well as a facsimile of Herman Melville`s notes on Chase`s account. Capturing all the elements of an ancient & powerful tragedy, this book is a thrilling tale of survival
- as well as a frightful illustration of man`s darkest impulses.





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Introduced by David Mitchell In a coastal village in medieval Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive against the odds. With his father gone, Isaku is forced to grow up well before his time. He must learn how to catch fish, how to distil salt, & about all the mysteries of the vast churning sea, not least the legend of O-fune-sama, of ships wrecked offshore providing the village with unexpected bounty. When a ship founders on the rocks, Isaku & the villagers rejoice. Long have they prayed for the sea`s gifts. But the cargo is not at all the blessing they had hoped for. At first mystifying, then terrifying, something dark is coming ashore & it`s about to change their lives forever. ...