Maritime history books

A new, accessible approach to over 350 years of maritime history. Voyages from the Past blends social history and...  Read More >>

Written by a leading Professor in maritime archaeology, this book is aimed at anyone with an interest in the building...  Read More >>

Feel the ocean wind in your face as you read an eyewitness account of 15 years of whaling in the Okhotsk and Arctic...  Read More >>

Concentrates on the Bute West, Bute East and Roath Docks, from their beginnings in the 1840s, through the boom years...  Read More >>

In-depth look the Imperial Russian cruiser Varyag, famed for her crew's heroic defiance during the Russo-Japanese...  Read More >>

For four hundred years the Byzantine Empire's naval forces vied with the warships of the Islamic world for mastery...  Read More >>

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The Anglo-German rivalry in battleship building at the beginning of the twentieth century has been blamed by many...  Read More >>

Providing a truly international perspective on the dreadnought phenomenon, this book will be essential reading for...  Read More >>

A collection of ten of Antonia I. Castañeda’s best articles, including the widely circulated article “Engendering...  Read More >>

This ambitious book tells a richly detailed story of Houston home life and culture from the settlement of Harrisburg...  Read More >>

In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan...  Read More >>

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Both a love story about a boat, his beloved Tetranora and a story of a voyage out of love and into life. Along the...  Read More >>

This challenging new book argues that the People's Republic of China is pursuing a long-term strategy to extend...  Read More >>

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This is an indispensable book for anyone wanting to know more about the before, during and after the Battle of the...  Read More >>

Synthesizing scholarship on eighteenth-century political, military, economic, social and cultural history, Anthony...  Read More >>

Synthesizing scholarship on eighteenth-century political, military, economic, social and cultural history, Anthony...  Read More >>

In this book, Simon Spalding reveals the food traditions of early explorers, sailing navies, immigrant and slave...  Read More >>

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Brian Rouleau argues that because of their ubiquity in foreign ports, American sailors were the principal agents...  Read More >>

No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer,...  Read More >>

Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, naval ships of all sizes have revolutionized warfare. This guide provides...  Read More >>