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The Archaeology of Smuggling and the Falmouth King's Pipe
This article demonstrates the potential of an historical archaeology of smuggling and the value of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of smuggling and its prevention. By exploring the previously unstudied history of the King's Pipe in Falmouth, a large chimney used for the destruction of tobacco, a rare survivor of many that once existed in England's port cities, it demonstrates that archaeology could transform our understanding of smuggling and its prevention, and more broadly the history of crime and punishment in eighteenth century England.
Journal Article
The Battle of Lagos, 1759
In August 1759 France needed to unite its Mediterranean and Atlantic fleets before invading England. A small British squadron at Gibraltar under Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen was tasked with blockading the French at Toulon. When the French ran through the Straits of Gibraltar, Boscawen's fleet rapidly got to sea and chased. Confusion among Boscawen's captains and the French unwillingness to stand and fight ensured that the Battle of Lagos was not decisive, but three French ships were taken, two were driven ashore and burned, and the battle became an important precursor to the more famous Battle of Quiberon Bay of November 1759.
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The glorious First of June : fleet battle in the reign of terror
On 1 June 1794, after a week of skirmishing, the French and British fleets came to close quarters in the northwest Atlantic, some 400 miles off the coast of Brittany. No battle had ever been fought so far from land. The French were escorting a American grain convoy to Brest to feed a starving population; the British were bent on destroying the battle fleet of the nascent French Republic. Both sides would claim victory in the ensuing battle; and both had reason to do so. In 'The Glorious First of June' Sam Willis tells, with thrilling immediacy and masterly clarity, the gripping story of an epic and complex battle.
Nightlife emergency
Practice Profile series. Paramedic's reflection on Continuing Professional Development NS286 on the effects of nightlife activity on health. [(BNI unique abstract)] 2 references
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Murder and mayhem in Georgian Britain: the scandalous work of Johnson’s General History
In 1734, an extraordinary book recounted – even celebrated – the lives of highwaymen, pirates and murderers. Sam Willis explores what this compendium reveals about attitudes to crime in the 18th century
Newspaper Article
John Franklin's expedition
The haunting image we all saw last week, of his vessel lying on the ocean bed, is particularly fascinating because it is quite deceptive: it looks like the hull of a sailing ship as well as the hull of a steamship - Franklin's transport had been fitted with cutting edge technology - and the iron steam engine and propeller surely still survive.
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Tragic secrets of doomed voyager may soon be raised from the deep
The sight of one of John Franklin's ships lying upright at the bottom of the Arctic Sea, nearly 170 years after the captain, his two vessels and all his men vanished, marks one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries of our generation. The largest modern container ships, moreover, are now unable to take the shortcut through the Panama Canal and must head south around Cape Horn.
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