Maritime history books

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

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Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded...  Read More >>

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Features findings, photos, and interviews that shed light on the world's most famous marine disaster for the 100th...  Read More >>

Considers naval leadership and management very widely, moving beyond a focus on leading admirals.  Read More >>

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In 1969, an ice-breaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned to transit the Northwest Passage in order to...  Read More >>

This is the first of three volumes detailing the history of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. A wide...  Read More >>

This book argues that a business culture based on embedded socio-cultural norms was an important element in the...  Read More >>

Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library, the most extensive record of wireless communications, this...  Read More >>

The gripping story of the only British admiral ever to be executed.  Read More >>

On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming...  Read More >>

Compiling firsthand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, this work focuses on the disaster....  Read More >>

""Brimming over with wit and insight…Fresh and fascinating."" —Dan Rather  Read More >>

For 100 years, between 1850 and 1950, the cargo liner grew to dominate the world's trade routes, providing regular...  Read More >>

"This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of the ""Titanic's"" history, including her spectacular...  Read More >>

At a crucial time in American history, narratives of women in command or imperiled at sea contributed to the construction...  Read More >>

She was the finest vessel in Henry VIII's navy, the flagship of the fleet and one of the first to be equipped with...  Read More >>

In Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age, Hoving, master model builder for the Rijksmuseum in...  Read More >>

The amazing true story of Blackbeard, Calico Jack and all the other pirates of the Caribbean and Captain Woodes...  Read More >>

Since its publication in 1911, Sir Julian's Corbett's ""Some Principles of Maritime Strategy"" has remained a key...  Read More >>

Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America’s industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and...  Read More >>