Browse Exhibits (2 total)

"The Whole Art of Navigation, London, 1701" -- A Nautical Treasure Returns to New London

How a 351-page book explaining the fundamentals of navigation, printed in London in 1701 and once owned by Captain James Rogers of New London, was sold by his heirs and vanished until it returned to the Captain's hometown two centuries later.

Chapter headings appear at the right. They also appear at the bottom of each chapter for easy navigation in either direction.

Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian - December, 2024

Capt. James Rogers, Daniel Newhouse, navigation, New London, Richard Mount, Tower Hill London

A Conservator's Legacy: Gene MacMullan at the McGuire Library

An examples of book and paper conservation projects carried out by Eugene C. MacMullan between 2012 and 2019 for the Frank L. McGuire Maritime Library of the New London Maritime Society.

--Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian

book conservation, clamshell boxes, Daniel New-House, Daniel Newhouse, Electric Boat Co., Eugene MacMullan, Frank L. McGuire Maritime Library, Groton Connecticut, Ingoldsby Crawford, New London, New London Maritime Society, Ocean Beach Park New London, Robert Mills, S.S. Tasco, Treasury Decisions, U.S. Custom House New London, U.S.S. Flasher, War of 1812, Whole Art of Navigation. 1701