Publishing 2021
New for 2021
It is with great excitement that Royal Museums Greenwich announces the list of publications planned for 2021. The list of books presented in this catalogue showcase world-leading expertise, fascinating stories and beautiful artworks inspired by the sea, ships, time and the stars. Every purchase supports the Museum to help fund research, exhibitions and acquisitions.
We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we’ve Dressed to Kill Pirates enjoyed producing them. British Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Fact and Fiction Contemporary Fashions, 1748–1857 Royal Museums Greenwich David Cordingly and John Falconer
Publishing team Dr Amy Miller The image of the pirate never Updated and expanded, this is fails to capture the imagination. the long awaited second edition The cut-throat robbers of history of Dr Amy Miller’s definitive who plundered richly laden exploration of naval identity and merchant ships are legendary. masculinity. Boasting more than But piracy was more brutal and 100 images of the National Maritime rebellious than some of the best Museum’s extensive uniform artistic descriptions let on. This collection, along with a selection new publication is the first port of of patterns, this unique publication call for anyone keen to separate analyses the historic origins the fact from the fiction. of British naval uniform and its influence on contemporary fashion.
1 October 2021 ISBN 978-1-906367-87-9 25 March 2021 £30.00, paperback ISBN 978-1-906367-77-0 230 x 170 mm, 240pp, 100+ colour photos £20.00, hardback Categories: Military Uniforms and Insignia, 230 x 170 mm, 208pp Fashion and Textile Design, Maritime History Categories: Sea Stories, Maritime History Thema code: JWTU, AKT, NHTN Thema code: FJN, NHTM New for 2021
About Time Too The Solar System A Miscellany of Time A Cosmic Adventure Royal Observatory Greenwich Elizabeth Avery
How old is Earth? Can we look back Are you a super-massive space in time? How long is a light year? fan? Great! Let us take you on What is Greenwich Mean Time? an adventure through the Solar When did time begin? System and BEYOND! Do you want to find out where you can It’s high time you knew the answers find rubber-duck-shaped space to these and many more intriguing rocks, ice-spewing volcanoes questions, so why not pass the time and raindrops the size of mini reading this light-hearted, illustrated marshmallows? Fasten your miscellany, packed with amazing seatbelts and prepare to have facts from the time experts at the your brain boggled by the Royal Observatory. amazing world of space science and astronomy!
1 April 2021 15 May 2021 ISBN 978-1-906367-66-4 ISBN 978-1-906367-78-7 £12.99, hardback £12.99, hardback 172 x 132 mm, 160pp 270 x 215 mm, 48pp 100 mono line drawings Categories: Children’s/ teenage general Categories: Time interest: Space, stars and the Solar System Thema code: PGZ Thema code: YNNZ Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates series
Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates is the brilliant new astronomy series from experts at the renowned home of time and space. The Observatory’s very own team of astronomers have written a whole host of accessible guides to everything in the cosmos, from stars and planets to the exploration of space! This exciting new series from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich launches in 2021 with five fascinating titles, with more due to land in 2022. Stars Planets Royal Observatory Greenwich Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates series Illuminates series Dr Greg Brown Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder
Whether stargazing with the naked From a planet with a hexagonal eye or observing deep space with storm to the home of the Solar the largest telescopes in the world, System’s largest volcano, our humans have a seemingly never- neighbouring bodies are unique ‘As a concise introduction, ending fascination with the stars. and fascinating places. Could there Planets manages to cover an But it’s only in the last century or be life on Mars? How many planets so that the natures of these distant are there outside the Solar System? impressive amount and will lights have been revealed. How are There’s still much we don’t know undoubtedly leave the reader stars born and how long do they about the Universe but astronomer Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder shows keen to learn more.’ live? Find out as astronomer Dr Greg Brown illuminates us about how far we’ve come in this essential the lives of stars. guide to planets. ★★★★★
BBC Sky at Night February 2021 February 2021 ISBN 978-1-906367-81-7 ISBN 978-1-906367-82-4 £9.99, paperback £9.99, paperback 109 x 178 mm, 128pp 109 x 178 mm, 128pp Categories: Galaxies and Stars; Cosmology Categories: The Sun and Planets; Cosmology and the Universe and the Universe Thema code: PGS, PGK Thema code: PGS, PGK Royal Museums Greenwich Illumintates series
Space Exploration The Sun Black Holes Royal Observatory Greenwich Royal Observatory Greenwich Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates series Illuminates series Illuminates series Dhara Patel Brendan Owens Dr Ed Bloomer
Over the past 70 years, drastic Explore the star on our doorstep, Black holes are often clever plot leaps in technology have revealed charting the journey from ancient devices in science fiction media, the deepest parts of our solar superstition to the deep scientific but these peculiar objects are system and seen humans step foot mysteries yet to be resolved. real, although fiendishly tricky to on the Moon. What have we learnt Astronomer Brendan Owens comprehend. Starting with the basic from sending people and robots examines the features and principles, astronomer Ed Bloomer into space? From the early Apollo processes at work in the Sun, provides an accessible guide to one ventures to commercial spaceflight, revealing the interconnected of space’s most notorious concepts, Dhara Patel’s concise history sciences involved in finding out with a bit of time travel thrown in. highlights incredible breakthroughs more about it and the practical Read on for the fate of the Universe, as well as contemplating future importance of doing so for our how to win a Nobel prize and even endeavours. modern world. what to do if you fall into a black hole!
1 July 2021 2 September 2021 ISBN 978-1-906367-88-6 ISBN 978-1-906367-86-2 2 September 2021 £9.99, paperback £9.99, paperback ISBN 978-1-906367-85-5 109 x 178 mm, 160pp 109 x 178 mm, 128pp £9.99, paperback Categories: Space Exploration; Cosmology and Categories: Solar System: the Sun and the 109 x 178 mm, 128pp the Universe Planets; Cosmology and the Universe Categories: Astronomy, Space and Time; Thema code: TTDX, PG Thema code: PGS, PGK Cosmology and the Universe Theme code: PGS, PGK Adult backlist
Royal Greenwich Stripes Map of the Moon Hardback and Types Hardback ISBN 978-1-906-367-75–6 ISBN 978-1-906367-60-2 £20.00 of the Royal £12.99 230 x 170 mm Navy 220 x 220 mm 176pp 120pp Hardback ISBN 978-1-906367-71-8 £9.99 148 x 105 mm 80pp
John Harrison Figureheads On The Line and the Quest Hardback Hardback ISBN 978-1-906367-63-3 ISBN 978-1-906367-61-9 for Longitude £12.99 £8.99 Hardback 206 x 155 mm 178 x 125 mm ISBN 978-1-906367-69-5 160pp 56pp £12.99 210 x 148 mm 112pp
The Armada The Great Cookery Portrait British Seaside for Seamen Hardback Hardback Hardback ISBN 978-1-906367-68-8 ISBN 978-0-948065-98-9 ISBN 978-1-906367-62-6 £12.99 £25.00 £6.99 206 x 155 mm 245 x 245 mm 148 x 105 mm 80pp 128pp 88pp Children’s backlist
ABC of the Sea 123 of the Sea At Sea Board book Board book Without Tea ISBN 978-1-906367-79-4 ISBN 978-1-906367-80-0 Paperback £5.99 £5.99 ISBN 978-1-906367-65-7 170 x 170 mm 170 x 170 mm £8.99 16pp 16pp 270 x 215 mm 32pp
Pirate Gran Pirate Gran Pirate Gran Paperback and the Monsters Goes for Gold ISBN 978-1-906376-07-7 Paperback £6.99 Paperback ISBN 978-1-906367-55-8 ISBN 978-1-906367-48-0 250 x 250 mm £6.99 32pp £6.99 250 x 250 mm 250 x 250 mm 32pp 32pp
Space Ted’s Royal Adventures Great Space Museums Sticker Activity Adventure Greenwich Book Paperback Kids’ Handbook ISBN 978-1-906367-67-1 Paperback £6.99 Paperback ISBN 978-1-906367-70-1 270 x 210 mm ISBN 978-1-906367-73-2 £6.99 32pp £6.00 270 x 210 mm 210 x 158 mm 32pp 50pp Royal Museums Greenwich guidebooks
National Maritime Maritime Greenwich Cutty Sark Museum Souvenir Guide Guidebook Souvenir Guide Paperback Paperback Paperback ISBN 978-0-948065-99-6 ISBN 978-1-906367-59-6 ISBN 978-0-957207-00-4 £6.00 £6.00 £6.00 210 x168mm 210 x168mm 195 x160mm 64pp 80pp 64pp
Royal Observatory The Queen’s House Treasures of Souvenir Guide Souvenir Guide Royal Museums Paperback Paperback Greenwich ISBN 978-0-906367-64-0 ISBN 978-1-906367-5 £6.00 £6.00 Paperback 210 x168mm 210 x168mm ISBN 978-0-948065-20-0 64pp 80pp £20.00 189 x 246 mm 224pp At the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Maritime Greenwich are the four world-class attractions of Royal Museums Greenwich – the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory, the Queen’s House and Cutty Sark.
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