4 of 7 February 2024 The 1805 Dispatches #24.01 The 1805 Club is a club, the clue is in the name. We enjoy being members of this Club for any number of personal reasons: • being one of a shared-interest group; • reading, and/or contributing to, the publications that come free to members from their subscription; • taking part in the many social events; • being able to tell friends what a well-respected bunch we are, or simply • doing good works along Club lines. But what all of us must remember is that the Club is a charity, originally created to �ind memorials to past naval personnel of the long Georgian period and to try our best to ensure that they be properly remembered. To further this end we also encourage and support research into naval history and �ind ways to improve its education. In common with all other charities, we can only fully carry out our commitments if we can raise enough funds to do so. Consequently, in future publications you will see a reminder that there are ways to make a donation, for whenever you might �ind a bit of surplus cash, together with ways to purchase merchandise and, now, secondhand books that have been kindly donated to the Club for the very purpose of fund raising. This is the �irst such reminder in KA– in future they will be more compact. Our website has ways for you to give: http://1805club.org/ Plus you can use the QR code for scanning above, or the links below http://bit.ly/1805ClubFlagshipFund http://thetrafalgarway.org/ Mark West has also suggested that members may like to catch this before it closes. The text and image are from webite https://armada.defensa.gob. es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ ArmadaEspannola/cienciaorgano/ prefLang-en/01cienciamuseo-- 04exposiciones--01actual From November 24, 2023 to March 31, 2024 the temporary exhibition “Jorge Juan: The Legacy of a scientific seaman” will remain open to the public. Curated by Jose María Moreno Martín and Blanca Sazatornil Pinedo, this exhibition commemorates the 250th anniversary of the seaman’s death, covering the main milestones of his life and his most outstanding contributions to the history of science in the 18th century. Throughout the five areas of the exhibition, the indelible mark left by Jorge Juan in fields as diverse as politics, economics, history, nature, geography, and especially mathematics, astronomy, shipbuilding and naval teaching will be disclosed. The 114 pieces on display—most of them contemporary to our protagonist and borrowed from both national and international institutions— reveal a journey that will show all sides and facets of Jorge Juan’s prolific and intense life. Through on these pieces, a story is told that will allow us to discover the international projection of one of the most renowned Spanish seamen, whose extensive and outstanding work earned him the nickname of el sabio español (“the wise Spaniard”), by which he was known in his time. READER’S TIPOFFS Mark West tipped me off as follows: I don't know whether you have just been watching this evening's episode of Antiques Roadshow, but if not there were two items of interest which you and other members can watch on iPlayer, the first a miniature of Nelson by Matthew Keymer which has a Great Yarmouth connection and the second a Battle of the Nile coin owned by one Thomas Layton. CLUB FUNDRAISING
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