Maritime history books

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s.s. Neath Abbey: A Bristol Channel Coasting Steamer

s.s. Neath Abbey: A Bristol Channel Coasting Steamer...

Author: Allan Surcliffe
ISBN: 9781789634464
Format: Paperback
$58.05

The construction, working life and shipwreck of one of the many ships that plied their trade around the English...  Read More >>

s.s. Neath Abbey: A Bristol Channel Coasting Steamer

s.s. Neath Abbey: A Bristol Channel Coasting Steamer...

Author: Allan Surcliffe
ISBN: 9781789634471
Format: Hardback
$79.17

The construction, working life and shipwreck of one of the many ships that plied their trade around the English...  Read More >>

The Triumvirate: Captain Edward J. Smith, Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews and the Sinking of Titanic

The Triumvirate: Captain Edward J. Smith, Bruce Ismay,...

Author: George Behe
ISBN: 9781803993355
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Presenting the true stories of three core individuals in Titanic’s history - Captain Edward J. Smith, shipbuilder...  Read More >>

The Rescue Ships and The Convoys: Saving Lives During The Second World War

The Rescue Ships and The Convoys: Saving Lives During...

Author: B B Schofield ,  Victoria Schofield
ISBN: 9781036102661
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The Rescue Ships and the Convoys tells the history of one of the least known aspects of Second World War maritime...  Read More >>

A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous

A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous

Author: John Rodgaard
ISBN: 9781036112349
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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Titanic: Sinking The Myths

Titanic: Sinking The Myths

Author: D E Bristow ,  Ryan Katzenbach
ISBN: 9781958727263
Format: Paperback
$92.27

The Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of the first book to expose the TITANIC cover-up. In over 100 years there have...  Read More >>

Journey to the Jones ACT: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy 1776-1920

Journey to the Jones ACT: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy...

Author: Charlie Papavizas
ISBN: 9781962729048
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Charlie Papavizas captures a rich history from the early 17th century English Navigation Acts to the building of...  Read More >>

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of...

Author: Jeff Maynard
ISBN: 9780008532765
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom...  Read More >>

Escape The Titanic: Use your wits and solve the puzzles to survive

Escape The Titanic: Use your wits and solve the puzzles...

Author: JOEL JESSUP
ISBN: 9780711286443
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Escape The Titanic with this exciting illustrated book that has you climbing up the decks by solving puzzles to...  Read More >>

Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France

Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day...

Author: Nick Hewitt
ISBN: 9780300256734
Format: Hardback
$41.95

The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy...  Read More >>

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City

Author: Dennis Romano (Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History Emeritus, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History Emeritus, Syracuse University)
ISBN: 9780190859985
Format: Hardback
$79.95

"A sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice--from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day--that...  Read More >>

Journey to the Jones ACT: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy 1776-1920

Journey to the Jones ACT: U.S. Merchant Marine Policy...

Author: Charlie Papavizas
ISBN: 9781962729031
Format: Hardback
$108.11

Charlie Papavizas captures a rich history from the early 17th century English Navigation Acts to the building of...  Read More >>

Blowing Hot and Cold: Thermotank and the Story of Air Conditioning at Sea

Blowing Hot and Cold: Thermotank and the Story of Air...

Author: Ian Johnston
ISBN: 9781036107697
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Air-conditioning is one of those universal modern conveniences whose origins are entirely unknown to the general...  Read More >>

Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate

Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery,...

Author: Jared Ross Hardesty
ISBN: 9781479830985
Format: Paperback
$47.99

"""Mutiny on the Rising Sun is a deeply human history of smuggling that demonstrates how interconnected the future...  Read More >>

Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800: The Dutch East India Company and Beyond

Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800: The Dutch East India...

Author: Yasuko Suzuki
ISBN: 9781876843434
Format: Paperback
$84.70

The Dutch United East India Company operated in Japan from 1609 to the early 18th century. The Dutch-Japanese relationship...  Read More >>

Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845: The Facts and Mysteries of the Failed Northwest Passage Voyage

Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845: The Facts...

Author: Stephen Zorn
ISBN: 9781476692197
Format: Paperback
$68.20

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St Helena: An Island Biography

St Helena: An Island Biography

Author: Arthur MacGregor
ISBN: 9781837650880
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Traces the impact of world events on St Helena's topography, ecology and human population, from the early 1500s...  Read More >>

Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Forgotten Victory

Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Forgotten Victory...

Author: Stephen Fisher
ISBN: 9781787636712
Format: Hardback
$55.00

An immersive narrative non-fiction account of the landings on Sword Beach by new maritime historian Stephen Fisher...  Read More >>

The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World: Maritime Predation, Empire, and the Construction of Authority at Sea

The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World: Maritime...

Author: John Coakley ,  Nathan Kwan
ISBN: 9789463720960
Format: Hardback
$318.26

In the early modern period, both legal and illegal maritime predation was a common occurrence, but the expansion...  Read More >>

The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820: Volume II: 1795–1803

The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820:...

Author: Neil Chambers
ISBN: 9781032530345
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph...  Read More >>

The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820: Volume III 1804–1820

The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820:...

Author: Neil Chambers
ISBN: 9781032530369
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph...  Read More >>

When I Heard the Bell: The Loss of the Iolaire

When I Heard the Bell: The Loss of the Iolaire

Author: John MacLeod
ISBN: 9781839830563
Format: Paperback
$33.61

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FOR THOSE IN PERIL: 200 years of the RNLI: A station by station guide to the lifeboat service in the UK and Ireland

FOR THOSE IN PERIL: 200 years of the RNLI: A station...

Author: Nicholas Leach
ISBN: 9781909540316
Format: Paperback
$64.69

On 4 March 2024 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution celebrated its 200th anniversary, operating 238 lifeboat...  Read More >>

The Unseen Aquitania: The Ship in Rare Illustrations

The Unseen Aquitania: The Ship in Rare Illustrations...

Author: J. Kent Layton ,  Tad Fitch
ISBN: 9781803995861
Format: Paperback
$65.00

The story of the elegant Aquitania ‘the ship beautiful’, told through rare and unusual imagery  Read More >>

The Chronicler of China: Juan González de Mendoza, between Mission, Empire and History (Sixteenth- to Seventeenth Centuries)

The Chronicler of China: Juan González de Mendoza, between...

Author: Diego Sola
ISBN: 9781032441900
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This monograph provides an analysis and contextualization of an extraordinarily successful book, the History of...  Read More >>

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