Maritime history books

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An Extraordinary Rescue That Was Used as Proof of Divine Intervention and the Power of Prayer- The book reconstructs...  Read More >>

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Spanning from the Caribbean to East Asia and covering almost 3,000 years of history, from Classical Antiquity to...  Read More >>

The greatest victories from the British Navy’s golden age, told through never-before-seen letters from the officers...  Read More >>

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The port of Gloucester, nestled under Cape Ann in Massachusetts, has been a focus for seafaring stories from ""Captains...  Read More >>

The story of the Queen Elizabeth, Cunard's beautiful queen of the Atlantic  Read More >>

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One of the county’s most famous sons, John Barry, is known as the Father of the US Navy and, in Maritime Wexford,...  Read More >>

In this book, author Joseph Gibbs goes back to original memoirs, monographs, newspaper articles, and trial records...  Read More >>

Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships First editions command...  Read More >>

Over the centuries, seamen have feared the waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks. This book chronicles the most...  Read More >>

Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed...  Read More >>

'A boat goes forward only when the crew row together' Proverb The worst hurricane for over a century devastated...  Read More >>

Alan Simmons summarizes and synthesizes the evidence for prehistoric seafaring and island habitation in the Mediterranean...  Read More >>

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This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era, introducing new concepts such as the use of warships...  Read More >>

On the second of his two voyages to patrol British fisheries in North America, Edward Chappell (1792–1861) recorded...  Read More >>

Before the eighteenth century, the ocean was regarded as a repulsive and chaotic deep. Despite reinvention as a...  Read More >>

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The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the...  Read More >>

Nestling on the River Bandon, Kinsale emerged as a settlement in the sixth century and has seen many changes. John...  Read More >>

This volume completes the translation of Ibn Battuta's narrative. Volume III ended with Ibn Battuta's appointment...  Read More >>