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    A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands exhibiting their vast importance to the British empire, the improvements of which they are susceptible, and a particular account of the means lately adopted for the amelioration of the condition of the inhabitants, by the establishment and extension of their fisheries /

    A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands exhibiting their vast importance to the British empire, the improvements of which they are susceptible, and a particular account o... by Woodley, George, 1786-1846, Making of the Modern World

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    The British Tariff for 1829-30; containing the duties payable on foreign goods imported into Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man, the island of Mauritius, New South Wales, and the British possessions in America with a list of the articles prohibited to be imported into, or exported from, those places respectively; as well as tables of the duties payable on British goods exported, or carried coastwise; tables of the drawbacks allowed on the exportation of foreign goods, and of the bounties and drawbacks of the Customs and Excise, to be paid and allowed on British goods exported : To which are added, the countervailing duties between England and Ireland : and practical remarks and information relative to the entry of goods for duty, or exportation, or to be warehoused : Together with copious extracts from the warehousing and navigation Acts, and every order in council, Treasury order, and Minute of the Commissioners of the Customs, bearing upon the subjects treated of : the who.

    The British Tariff for 1829-30; containing the duties payable on foreign goods imported into Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man, the island of Mauritius, New South Wales, and the British possessions in America with a list of the articles prohibited to be imported into, or exported from, those places respectively; as well as tables of the duties payable on British goods exported, or carried coastwise; tables of the drawbacks allowed on the exportation of foreign goods, and of the bounties and drawbacks of the Customs and Excise, to be paid and allowed on British goods exported : To which are added, the countervailing duties between England and Ireland : and practical remarks and information relative to the entry of goods for duty, or exportation, or to be warehoused : Together with copious extracts from the warehousing and navigation Acts, and every order in council, Treasury order, and Minute of the Commissioners of the Customs, bearing upon the subjects treated of : the who. by Ellis, Robert, of the Custom House, London, Making of the Modern World

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    A survey of the ancient and present state of the Scilly Islands Describing Their Situation. Towns. Forts. Produce. Government. Customs. Antiquities. Number. Churches. Harbours. Language. Arts. Manufactures. House Burnings. Extent. Castles. Soil. Religion. Traffick. Grants. Shipwrecks. The Importance of these Islands To the Trade and Navigation of Great Britain and Ireland; Their Many Admirable Curiosities, both Natural and Artificial; The Most Remarkable Events, Accidents, and Revolutions in past Ages. Also Directions for Ships to go into their different Harbours: Likewise How To Avoid The many dangerous Rocks, sunken Ledges, and Shoals, About The Islands. Carefully extracted, and compiled, not only from the most esteemed Historians extant, but also from the Observations of the most skilful Pilots, and other intelligent Inhabitants. A Work very necessary for such Seafaring People as come near the dangerous Rocks of Scilly, and entertaining to all Degrees of Readers. By John Troutbeck, Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Leeds.

    A survey of the ancient and present state of the Scilly Islands Describing Their Situation. Towns. Forts. Produce. Government. Customs. Antiquities. Number. Churches. Harbours. Lan... by Troutbeck, John, 1718 or 19-1792, Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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    A new, correct, and much-improved history of the Isle of Wight, from the earliest times of authentic Information, to the present period: Comprehending whatever is curious or worthy of Attention in Natural History, With Its Civil, Ecclesiastical, And Military State In The Various Ages, Both Ancient And Modern. The modern history, in a more especial manner, from the topographical arrangement under which it is related, and from the liberal communications of gentlemen of the island, has peculiar claims to public notice, and demands, from its interesting and important tendency, the most particular regard; so as to render the work every way far superior to any thing yet published relative to this favourite spot. To which is annexed, a very copious index of the subjects contained in it; and to the whole is prefixed a new and very elegant map of the island, dedicated, by Permission, to the Right Honorable Thomas Orde Powlett, Governor of the Island; purposely engraved for this work, table of contents, &c.

    A new, correct, and much-improved history of the Isle of Wight, from the earliest times of authentic Information, to the present period: Comprehending whatever is curious or worthy... by Albin, John, fl. 1791-1800, Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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    A true and perfect relation of the surrender of the strong and impregnable garrison the island of Scillie, : to Captain Batten Vice-Admirall of the Parliaments navie at sea. VVith the discoverie of a bloody designe of Pendennis, for the blowing up of the castle, and poysoning of foure-score pieces of ordnance. Also a perfect account of the ammunition provision, and other necessaries that were left in the castle, at the surrender thereof. Together wit a list of the names of all the colonels, majors, captaines, lievtenants and other officers that were therein. VVhereunto is annexed an excellent copy of verses, made in Pendennis castle, when it was besieged by sea and land. Certified by two severall letters from Mr. Iohn Hoselock, chyrurgion to the Vice-Admirall Captain Batten in the St. Andrew. And now ptinted [sic] and published by the originall copies, according to order of Parliament.

    A true and perfect relation of the surrender of the strong and impregnable garrison the island of Scillie, : to Captain Batten Vice-Admirall of the Parliaments navie at sea. VVith... by Haslock, John, Early English Books Online

    Published: Printed by B.I., 1646
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    The new British traveller or, a complete modern universal display of Great-Britain and Ireland: Being a New, Complete, Accurate, and Extensive Tour Through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Hebrides, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey, Alderney, And other Islands adjoining to and dependent on the Crown of Great-Britain. Comprising all that is worthy of Observation in every County, Shire, &c. And containing a full, ample, and circumstantial Account of every Thing remarkable in the several Cities, Market-Towns, Boroughs, Hundreds, Villages, Hamlets, Parishes, &c. throughout these Kingdoms. Being calculated equally to please the Polite - entertain the Curious - instruct the Uninformed - and direct the Traveller. The Whole Clearly and Accurately Displayed under the Following General Heads: Situation, Etymology, Extent, Roads, Capes, Battles, Sieges, Skirmishes, Civil Commotions, Trading and other Companies, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Offices, Earthquakes, Storms, Inundations, and other singular Occurrences, Rocks, Rivers, Mines, Grottos, Abbey-Lands, Fossils, Caves, Hills, Moors, Springs, Woods, Antiquities-Roman, Danish, and Saxon; Minerals, Plants, Agriculture, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Amphibious Creatures, Castles, Manors, Military Ways, Camps, Docks, Harbours, Bays, Havens, Markets, Fairs, Canals, Buildings, Fortifications, Palaces, Seats, Parks, Bridges, Forests, Cathedrals, Collegiate and Parish Churches, Monuments, Ecclesiastical and Civil Jurisdictions, Corporations, Charters, Charitable Foundations, Institutions, &c. Customs, Manners, &c. Handicrafts, Commodities, Military and Naval Exploits, Lives of all such Persons as have done Honor to the Counties, Towns, or Villages in which they were born, whether Kings, Princes, Peers, Generals, Admirals, Divines, Lawyers, Physicians, Poets, Philosophers, Historians, Legislators, &c. Government, Manufactures, Trades, Commerce, Revenues, Forces, Naval and Military, Polity, Power and Prerogative of the King, Laws, Prerogative, and Customs of the House of Lords, Privileges, Prerogative, & Usages of the House of Commons. Nature of the Legislature, and Modes of Proceeding in the various Courts of Justice, ancient and modern, &c. &c. &c. Being Really the Result of An actual and late General Survey, accurately made by a Society of Gentlemen, Each of whom has undertaken that Part for which his Study and Inclination has more immediately qualified him. And Including a Valuable Collection of Landscapes, Views, County-Maps, &c. Which Make an Admirable and Inimitable Groupe of Elegant Copper-Plate Prints. Also, A Complete Book of the Roads, a List of all the Fairs, and a Variety of other useful and entertaining Particulars, Not to be found in any other Work of the Kind, but which are worthy the Notice of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, Travellers, Traders, and all Ranks of People whatever. The whole published under the immediate inspection of George Augustus Walpoole, Esq. Assisted in the Digest and Arrangement of the Articles respecting Wales, by David Wynne Evans, F. R. S. In those descriptive of Scotland, by Alexander Burnet, L. L. D. And in such as relate to Ireland, &c. by Robert Conway, A. M. And Others, to whom many valuable and curious Circumstances have been communicated (for this Work) by Gentlemen of Rank and Abilities. Embellished with upwards of one hundred and fifty large, grand, and superb views of the principal Cities and Towns in Great-Britain and Ireland; perspective Views of Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, Castles, Ruins, Abbies, Cataracts, Sea Pieces, Landscapes, natural and artificial Curiosities, correct County and other Maps, Charts, Historical Pieces, &c. drawn with critical Exactness by the most capital Painters and Designers of England, Scotland, and Ireland, namely Hamilton, Carter, Griffith, O'Neal, Dodd, Metz, &c. and engraved in the most masterly Manner by the following ingenious Artists, viz. Thornton, Pollard, Lodge, Page, Roberts, Royce, Taylor, Carey, Rennoldson, Wooding, Kitchen, Conder, Hawkins, Walker, Flyn, Simpson, Grainger, Hogg, Myers, Smyth, Clowes, and others, who have distinguished themselves by their great Abilities in the Polite Arts.

    The new British traveller or, a complete modern universal display of Great-Britain and Ireland: Being a New, Complete, Accurate, and Extensive Tour Through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Hebrides, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey, Alderney, And other Islands adjoining to and dependent on the Crown of Great-Britain.... by Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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    Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall. Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid-Superstition, customs, And Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity, In Britain, and the British Isles: Exemplify'd and prov'd by Monuments now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, Faithfully drawn on the Spot, and Engrav'd according to their Scales annex'd. With A Summary Of The Religious, Civil, and Military State of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest; Illustrated by the Plans and Elevations of several Ancient Castles, An Eastern View of the Monastery and Site of St. Michael's Mount: and a vocabulary of the Cornu-British language. By William Borlase, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan.

    Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall. Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid-Superstition, customs, And Remain... by Borlase, William, 1695-1772, Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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    Acts of union and disunion : what has held the UK together - and what is dividing it? /

    Acts of union and disunion : what has held the UK together - and what is dividing it? / by Colley, Linda, PALCI EBSCO books

    Published: Profile Books, 2014
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    The complete English traveller or, a new survey and description of England and Wales. Containing A full Account of whatever is Curious and Entertaining In The Several Counties of England and Wales, The Isles of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, And other Islands adjoining to, and dependant on the Crown of Great Britain; Under the following Heads; I. The Ancient and Present State of each County with respect to Agriculture, Manufactures, Trade and Commerce, &c. II. Account of the Air, Soil, Rivers, Lakes, and Mineral Waters. III. A particular Description of all that is curious in the Cities, Corporations, Towns and Villages; with the various Fairs, Markets, and Distances from London. IV. Account of the Cathedrals, Collegiate, and Parish Churches; together with the Remains of Abbys, Priories, Nunneries, and other Religious Houses. V. Description of the Palaces, Houses, Gardens and Parks, belonging to several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. VI. Account of all the remarkable Battles, Sieges, Castles and Forts, whether Roman, Saxon, Danish, or Norman. Vii. Account of all the Ancient Monuments, with the Reasons for which they were first erected. Viii. Descriptions of every natural Curiosity, whether Mines, Rocks, Caves, Caverns, Grottos, or Fossils. IX. Abstract of the Lives of such Persons, as have done Honour to the Counties where they were born, whether Kings, Princes, Peers, Generals, Admirals, Divines, Lawyers, Physicians, Philosophers, Poets, Historians, &c. To which is added, a concise and accurate description of that part of Great Britain called Scotland; Ancient and Present State, Antiquities and Natural Curiosities: To Gether With The Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, &c. By Nathaniel Spencer, Esq; .

    The complete English traveller or, a new survey and description of England and Wales. Containing A full Account of whatever is Curious and Entertaining In The Several Counties of E... by Sanders, Robert, 1727-1783, Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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    Encyclopedia of community : from the village to the virtual world /

    Encyclopedia of community : from the village to the virtual world / by Sage Knowledge

    Published: Sage Publications, 2003
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    The neolithic of the Irish Sea : materiality and traditions of practice /

    The neolithic of the Irish Sea : materiality and traditions of practice /

    Published: Oxbow, 2015
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    Critical survey of mythology and folklore.

    Critical survey of mythology and folklore. by PALCI EBSCO books, Salem Press

    Published: Salem Press, 2013
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    ADR and trusts : an international guide to arbitration and mediation of trust disputes /

    ADR and trusts : an international guide to arbitration and mediation of trust disputes / by Jones, Grant, Pexton, Peter, PALCI EBSCO books

    Published: Spiramus Press, 2015
    Table of Contents: “…About the authors; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Geoffrey A Shindler; Contents; Tables of authorities; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Australia; Bahamas; Barbados; British Virgin Islands; Canada; Cyprus; England and Wales; France; Gibraltar; Guernsey; Hong Kong; India; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Jersey; Liechtenstein; Malaysia; Mauritius; New Zealand; Panama; Scotland; Singapore; Switzerland; United Arab Emirates; USA (Florida); List of abbreviations (Conventions and Model Law); A. …”
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    Naval resistance to Britain's growing power in India, 1660-1800 : the saffron banner and the Tiger of Mysore /

    Naval resistance to Britain's growing power in India, 1660-1800 : the saffron banner and the Tiger of Mysore / by MacDougall, Philip

    Published: The Boydell Press, 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Chronology; Preface; Part I: Early Naval Resistance: The Historical Background; Introduction; 1 Calicut: The City of Spice; 2 Surat: Home of the Gujarat Sea Trade; Part II: The Saffron Banner: Irregular Naval Warfare against an Emergent Britain; Introduction; 3 Bombay: A Poor Little Island; 4 Alibag: Fleet Base of the Maratha Northern Command; 5 London: From Where India Came to Be Governed; 6 Vijaydurg: The Strongest Place in All India; Part III: The Tiger of Mysore: A Conventional Navy to Oppose British Dominance; Introduction…”
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