The Prize Papers Project is dedicated to the study of the Prize Papers Collection, a vast and unique trove of documents and artifacts that track the daily lives of people around the globe in the time of the European colonial expansion and resistance. The objects in the Prize Papers Collection were impounded by the High Court of Admiralty of the English and later British Royal Navy between 1652 and 1817, and they are now held by The National Archives of the UK. The Prize Papers Portal (launch 22 February 2022), which is going to be the home to a vast collection of documents and artefacts taken from ships, along with related legal papers, all dating from 1655–1817 can be found here.
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Today (launch 22 February 2022), we have published – in open access – 55 fully digitized case books of printed Prize Appeals 1793-1815 from the collection HCA 45 – the Appeal Court’s own bound set of 1,593 printed appeals on www.prizepapers.de
For further info regarding the launch see the press releases and news stories: Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities: https://adw-goe.de/artikel/jahrhundertealte-kaperdokumente-jetzt-online/
The National Archives, UK: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/prize-papers-research-portal-launched/
The University of Oldenburg: https://uol.de/en/news/article/point-of-entry-into-past-centuries-5888
Also check out our twitter account: https://twitter.com/Prize_Papers for the latest infos
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us
Today, we have published – in open access – 55 fully digitized case books of printed Prize Appeals 1793-1815 from the collection HCA 45 – the Appeal Court’s own bound set of 1,593 printed appeals on www.prizepapers.de
For further info regarding the launch see the press releases and news stories:
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities: https://adw-goe.de/artikel/jahrhundertealte-kaperdokumente-jetzt-online/
The National Archives, UK: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/prize-papers-research-portal-launched/
The University of Oldenburg: https://uol.de/en/news/article/point-of-entry-into-past-centuries-5888
Also check out our twitter account: https://twitter.com/Prize_Papers for the latest infos
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us