Maritime history books

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After two decades of searching for La Salle's lost ship La Belle, Texas Historical Commission (THC) divers in 1995...  Read More >>

Presents a set of wargames rules covering the high adventure and low morals of the world of the pirate. This book...  Read More >>

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The story of the mutiny on board HMS ""Bounty"" has been mythologised by centuries of adventure novels and Hollywood...  Read More >>

""In describing the experiences of survivors, whom she has been adept in tracing, Cathryn Prince gives voices to...  Read More >>

Vitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) greatly expanded the Russian empire, pioneered the geography of the North Pacific...  Read More >>

This is a major new naval history of the First World War, revealing the decisive contribution of the war at sea...  Read More >>

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At the beginning of the 17th century, pirates infested the Caribbean waters, harassing the major European powers,...  Read More >>

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This is the first modern study of the process of naval provisioning. It explodes many myths about shipboard food...  Read More >>

A selection of conference papers and other contributions see the coming-together of scholars and researchers from...  Read More >>

This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica , in the century before World War I....  Read More >>

This collection of four volumes brings together 250 car anthology models, amongst those the Citroën 2CV and the...  Read More >>

The infamous Bounty mutiny of 1790 culminated in nine mutineers taking up residence on the small Pitcairn Island...  Read More >>

On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman...  Read More >>

This book takes the form of letters written to his brother by an anonymous officer on Edward Parry's 1819–20 Arctic...  Read More >>

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A fully illustrated collection of the most thrilling shipwrecks of all time! Experience the mystery and wonder of...  Read More >>

A bold Tudor voyage of exploration and adventure--and an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy, and...  Read More >>

Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Monograph Series No. 4 Series Editor: Gerald Grainge  Read More >>

The text part of this book describes technical specifications of the ship and her operational history in detail....  Read More >>

It is 1907. A ship is wrecked on a lonely island in the sub-Antarctic Ocean. Fifty South is an inspiring story of...  Read More >>