Blunt, Edmund March, 1770-1862
American coast pilot, containing directions for the principal harbours New York : E. & G. W. Blunt, 1833. 657 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK959 B65 1833
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Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept
Sailing directions for the south-east coast of Nova Scotia and Bay of Fundy / compiled from various Admiralty surveys by Staff Commander G. F. McDougall. 2d ed., with an appendix. 1875. 253 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK803 N93 1875
Navigation — Nova Scotia
Fundy, Bay of — Navigation
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Coolie ships and oil sailers Glasgow : J. Brown , Son & Ferguson. 180 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK57 L92 C77
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Colonial clippers Glasgow : J. Brown & Son, 1921. 433 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK57 L92 C71
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China clippers Glasgow : J. Brown & Son, 1922. 388 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK57 L92 C53
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Blackwell frigates Glasgow : J. Brown & Son, 1922. 332 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK57 L92 B63
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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
New American practical navigator; being the epitome of navigation Washington : Hydrographic Office, Navy Dept., 1902. 643 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK555 B78 1902
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The new American practical navigator : being an epitome of navigation ... and since his decease / continued by his son, J. Ingersoll Bowditch. 25th new stereotype ed. New York : E. & G.W. Blunt, 1855. xix, 319, 460 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK555 B78 1855
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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
New American practical navigator; being the epitome of navigation New York : E. & G. W. Blunt, 1841. v.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK555 B78 1841
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Women under sail : letters and journals concerning eight women travelling or working in sailing vessels between 1829 and 1949 / compiled by Basil Greenhill and Ann Giffard. Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 1970. 213 pages, 16 plates. : illus., facsims., ports. ; 23
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK541 G813 W872
Women and the sea
Seafaring life
Sailing ships.
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Come quick, danger : a history of marine radio in Canada / Stephan Dubreuil. Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Coast Guard, 1998. ix, 136 pages, [52] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK397 D82 1998
Issued also in French under title: CQD, toujours áa l'âecoute. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
Radio — Canada — Installation on ships — History
Radio operators — Canada — History.
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Tidewrack : neglected facts and intriguing stories from the age of the wooden ships / by R.J. Cunningham. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1994. 210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK26 C85 1994
Ships, Wooden — Atlantic Provinces — History
Navigation — Atlantic Provinces — History.
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Bosher, J. F. (John Francis), 1929-
Men and ships in the Canada trade, 1660-1760 : a biographical dictionary Ottawa : Supply & Services Canada, 1992. 251 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK26 B741 M534 1992
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Merchant's & shipmaster's manual and shipbuilder's and sailmaker's assistant Boston : I. R. Butts & Co, 1860. 132, 24 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK205 .B98
Bound with his Art of sailmaking … 1862
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The way of a ship : being some account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of her handling, her voyage-making, her personnel, her economics, her performance, and her end / by Alan Villiers ; illustrated with the author's photographs, and diagrams and drawings by Harold A. Underhill. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. xiv, 428 pages : illus., charts, ports.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK18 V5 1953
Sailing ships
Shipping — History.
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Jack Tar in history : essays in the history of maritime life and labour / edited by Colin Howell and Richard J. Twomey. Fredericton, N.B. : Acadiensis Press, 1991. 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK18 J32 1991
Howell, Colin D., 1944-
Twomey, Richard J.
Seamen — History
Seafaring life — History.
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Sable Island : journals 1801-1804 / James Rainstorpe Morris ; transcribed by Rosalee Stilwell. Halifax : Sable Island Preservation Trust, 2001. x, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1430 M876 M876 2001
Morris, James Rainstorpe, — 1750-1809 — Diaries.
Lifesaving stations — Nova Scotia — Sable Island — History — 19th century
Sable Island (N.S.) — History — 19th century.
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The captain & the queen / director, Chuck Stewart ; produced by Great North Atlantic Media Inc. for Great North Productions Inc. ; producer, F. Whitman Trecartin ; executive producers, Bill Skerrett, Patricia Phillips. Edmonton, AB. : Great North, 1998. 1 videocassette : 60 minutes.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 W3 C37 1998 - Video
Title on container: The captain and the queen : Angus Walters & the schooner Bluenose.
Phillips, Patricia
Skerrett, Bill
Stewart, Chuck
Trecartin, F. Whitman.
Great North Productions
Great North Atlantic Media Inc.
Ship captains — Nova Scotia Biography.
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If his sea chest could talk : a tribute to Captain Robert N. Crowell, 1840-1902 / by Fred D. Whitehouse. Yarmouth : The author, 1996. 193 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 C76 W45 1996
Ship captains — Nova Scotia — Biography
Seafaring life — Nova Scotia
Voyages and travels.
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The two Atlantics / by Keith A. Hatchard. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1981. 144 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1276 A879 H361
Subtitle on cover: The shipwreck of the SS Atlantic at Prospect, N.S., April 1st, 1873.
Shipwrecks — Nova Scotia — Prospect (Halifax)
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Wreck and sinking of the Titanic : the ocean's greatest disaster ; a graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 souls ; giving exciting escapes from death and act / edited by Marshall Everett ; special introduction, Women and children first, by Henry Van Dyke . Chicago : Homewood Press, 1912. 320 pages : illustrations, ports ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1255 T6 W31 1912
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Secrets of the dead New York : Engel Brothers Media, 2002. 1 videocassette (53 min., 30 sec.) : sd, col. ; 1.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1255 T6 T617 2002 - Video
Viewing copy. Includes promotional postcard.
Bucher, Amy, drt
Lipworth, Jared, pro.
Shipwrecks — North Atlantic Ocean
Shipwreck victims — Nova Scotia — Halifax.
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Titanic : the real Jack Dawson Manchester, England : BBC, 2000. 1 videocassette : with b&w sequences.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1255 T6 T583 2000 - Video
British Broadcasting Corporation
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Titanic breaking new ground / written and directed by Doug McCallie. S.l : ZM Productions, 1998. 1 videocassette : 13 mm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1255 T6 T58 1998 - Video
Format VHS
Cameron, James
McCallie, Doug
Marsh, Ed
ZM Productions
Fox Broadcasting Company
Shipwreck victims — Interviews
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Titanic : 31 Norwegian destinies / per Kristian Sebak. Oslo : Genesis, 1998. 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK1255 T6 S44313 1998
Translation of: Titanic - 31 norske skjebner.
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