21 March 2022
The threat from a joint enemyNapoleon and his French armies dominated Europe. Then, in 1807, France and Spain jointly attacked Portugal, Britain’s ally. The threat increased […]
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15 March 2022
At the beginning of 1810, events in Spain were unravelling at an alarming pace. The advance of the French troops in was directed at Cadiz which […]
23 February 2022
The Cadiz journal appears to have been written in February/March 1810. The author says he had arrived in Cadiz from North Africa and we can therefore […]
21 February 2022
The third document has quite a different format to the other two. It begins with the author’s arrival in Cadiz, where he logs the events and […]
21 February 2022
The Ceuta report comprises two documents which are quite clearly continuous. They appear to be something of a report on the defences of Ceuta and of […]
21 February 2022
This series of articles is rather different from some of our others as there are still some loose ends. We have some papers from around 1810 […]
26 October 2021
The Bartlett holds upward of fifty different databases on maritime subjects, many of which are growing daily thanks to the work of the tireless volunteers. Our […]
19 October 2021
Ever since the discovery of China Clay at Tregoning Hill by the Rev Cookworthy, Cornwall has long been famous for producing very fine quality clay. Most […]
19 October 2021
We are often asked what role the Falmouth Packet Service played in slavery. At one level, the Packet Service was simply a government-run postal service collecting […]