Maritime history books

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The official celebration of the 100th anniversary of The Shipping Forecast There's a sea lover in every Brit. The...  Read More >>

In the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse, John S. Sledge weaves chronological...  Read More >>

As America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry,...  Read More >>

The 1830s is an overlooked period in American naval history. This book details the ways in which the US Navy transformed...  Read More >>

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This collection of 13 essays covers a range of topics concerning Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese merchants, and commodities...  Read More >>

Building upon Dr Crossley's 2011 book, this new work further expands our understanding of the Spanish Philippines...  Read More >>

Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in early modern globalization, travel and travel literature, whilst...  Read More >>

The oldest and most renowned Dutch university, Leiden was an attractive proposition for travelling foreign students...  Read More >>

Whilst much scholarly work has been focused on Spain's South American colonies, less is known about Spanish colonisation...  Read More >>

Pirates contributed to the British understanding of trans-oceanic navigation, patterns of trade and remote communities....  Read More >>

The fourteen articles in this volume bring together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual and...  Read More >>

The dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom-fighter—which brings new insights into Britain’s involvement...  Read More >>

Legendary treasures. Mythical robberies. Lost riches. Buried plunder and fabulous wealth. Hidden dangers. Ancient...  Read More >>

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This book explores the collection and documentation of the natural world’s development over the course of the nineteenth...  Read More >>

A “compelling” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known...  Read More >>

A South Seas classic since 1966, this is the story of one New Zealander brave enough to do what we have all now...  Read More >>

Five weeks after the withdrawal of the legendary ‘Rotterdam’ (V), Holland America Line introduced the ‘Rotterdam’...  Read More >>

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One of a two-ship class assault ships commissioned in 1967. Incorporating a large docking well aft, which could...  Read More >>

Help readers re-envision Japanese history in order to show how the seas created the country that we know today....  Read More >>

At the crossroads of China and Southeast Asia, The Port (present-day Hà Tiên), under the autonomous rule of the...  Read More >>

At the crossroads of China and Southeast Asia, The Port (present-day Hà Tiên), under the autonomous rule of the...  Read More >>