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Alum Bay wreck

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Websites
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HMS Trincomalee 1817
www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk
The only surviving Leda class frigate is berthed afloat in Hartlepool. The website has lots of historic information.

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
www.soc.soton.ac.uk/HWTMA
Promotes interest, research and knowledge of maritime archaeology and heritage in the Isle of Wight and other areas of Great Britain. One of its projects is the wreck at Alum Bay.

Public Record Office
www.pro.gov.uk
National archive of England, Wales and the UK which brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to the public. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day.

National Maritime Museum
www.nmm.ac.uk
Opened in 1937, the museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea and the world's largest maritime historical reference library including books dating back to the 15th century.

Channel 4 – War Against Napoleon
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/napoleon/index.html
Gives the vital facts and figures about the wars fought between Britain and France during the tumultuous years 1793-1815.

Channel 4 – Napoleon's Empire: Time Traveller's Guide
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide18/index.html
All you need to know of Napoleon's seizure of power in 1799.

Napoleon Guide
www.napoleonguide.com
An outstanding site with information on all aspects of warfare, the Napoleonic era and an animated map of the shifting geography of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.

Dendrochronology
www.sonic.net/bristlecone/dendro.html
Simple explanation and history of dendrochronology – the dating of past events (climatic changes) through the study of tree ring growth.

Books

English Heritage: Ships and shipwrecks by Peter Marsden (BT Batsford, 1997)
An exploration of the history of shipwrecks on Britain's seabeds, with documentary and pictorial evidence alongside accounts of the rich archaeological findings. The book is designed to appeal to the general as well as the professional reader.
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The Napoleonic Wars: The rise of the emperor 1805-1807 and The Napoleonic Wars: The empires fight back 1808-1812 both by Todd Fisher (Osprey, 2001)
Well-illustrated and accessible accounts of the military campaigns of the Napoleonic armies. With maps and background information.
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Nelson: A personal history by Christopher Hibbert (Penguin, 1995)
This very humanising account of Nelson also evokes a real sense of what life was like on the sea during the Regency period.
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Britain in the Age of the French Revolution 1785-1820 by Jennifer Mori (Longman, 2000)
Examines the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath on Britain and the revolutionary and democratic ideas of the period.
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Britain and the French Revolution by Clive Emsley (Longman, 2000)
Provides an introduction to the impact of the French Revolution on Britain and looks at the causes and course of Britain's war with revolutionary France and its effects on the home front.
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Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras by Terence Grocott (Stackpole, 1999)
Details over 1,500 maritime disasters from 1793 through to 1815 in an account based on the reporting of the time.
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