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The Telescope: A Short History

The Telescope: A Short History
Author: Richard Dunn (Royal Museums Greenwich, UK) ISBN: 9781844861477 Format: Hardback	$47.39
The story of the telecope's development, a fascinating narrative of scientific endeavour, exploration and ingenuity... Read More >>

Founded Upon the Seas: A Narrative of Some English Maritime and Overseas Enterprises During the Period 1550 to 1616

Founded Upon the Seas: A Narrative of Some English Maritime...
Author: Walter Oakeshott ISBN: 9780511708800 Format: Undefined	$224.40
One of the many interests of the British scholar Sir Walter Oakeshott was Elizabethan exploration, which he examines... Read More >>

Figureheads of the Royal Navy

Figureheads of the Royal Navy
Author: David M. Pulvertaft ISBN: 9781848321014 Format: Hardback	$90.00
The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry... Read More >>

The Captain Who Burned His Ships: Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750–1829

The Captain Who Burned His Ships: Captain Thomas Tingey,...
Author: Gordon S. Brown ISBN: 9781612510446 Format: Hardback	$76.43
This is the biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, a seminal figure in the early development of the U.S. Navy, and... Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology
Author: Alexis Catsambis (Underwater Archaeologist, Underwater Archaeologist, Naval History and Heritage Command) , Ben Ford (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania) ISBN: 9780195375176 Format: Hardback	$215.95
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Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World

Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That...
Author: Stephen W. Hines ISBN: 9781402256653 Format: Paperback	$44.85
A unique look at the epic tragedy as it played out in the pages of the world's largest newspaper. Read More >>

Lighthouses of the Carolinas

Lighthouses of the Carolinas
Author: Terrance Zepke ISBN: 9781561645039 Format: Paperback	$34.19
Eighteen lighthouses still stand in the Carolinas, from Currituck Lighthouse near the Virginia border down to Haig... Read More >>

Titanic: The World's Largest Liner

Titanic: The World's Largest Liner
Author: Roger Cartwright , Roger Cartwright ISBN: 9781841653341 Format: Paperback	$18.09
This is the story of RMS Titanic. In this authoritative guide we explore what was the largest passenger steamship... Read More >>

The Man Who Sank Titanic: The Troubled Life of Quartermaster Robert Hichens

The Man Who Sank Titanic: The Troubled Life of Quartermaster...
Author: Sally Nilsson ISBN: 9780752460710 Format: Paperback	$44.75
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Pirate Killers: the Royal Navy and the African Pirates

Pirate Killers: the Royal Navy and the African Pirates...
Author: Graham A. Thomas ISBN: 9781848842403 Format: Hardback	$57.99
One hundred and fifty years ago the Royal Navy fought a daring campaign against ruthless pirates and won, killing... Read More >>

Oceania Under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c. 1870–1914

Oceania Under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures...
Author: Frances Steel , Andrew Thompson ISBN: 9780719082900 Format: Hardback	$183.99
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Monsoon Traders

Monsoon Traders
Author: Huw Bowen , Robert J. Blyth ISBN: 9781857596755 Format: Hardback	$158.40
Tells the story of the East India Company over three centuries. Illustrated throughout with images from the National... Read More >>

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: Volume 1: To Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait:...
Author: Frederick William Beechey ISBN: 9781139014878 Format: Undefined	$224.40
This two-volume work, published in 1831, describes an expedition in support of the North-West Passage exploration... Read More >>

The Development of Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice Since 1800

The Development of Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice...
Author: F. L. Wiswall ISBN: 9780511897061 Format: Undefined	$435.60
Dr Wiswall examines the development of jurisdiction and practice in the field of Admiralty Law in England, with... Read More >>

Titanic Style: Dress and Fashion on the Voyage

Titanic Style: Dress and Fashion on the Voyage
Author: Grace Evans ISBN: 9780953956180 Format: Hardback	$51.75
A treasury of Titanic-era fashion relics and the cultural history behind them. Read More >>

The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I

The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I
Author: C.S. Knighton , David Loades ISBN: 9781409418474 Format: Hardback	$382.67
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Racing Through the Night: Olympic's Attempt to Reach Titanic

Racing Through the Night: Olympic's Attempt to Reach...
Author: Wade Sisson ISBN: 9781445600260 Format: Paperback	$79.07
The wireless crackled, an SOS was broadcast. Olympic, Titanic's older sister ship was a mere 350 miles away from... Read More >>

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema: Volume II

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema: Volume...
Author: Kenneth R. Morefield ISBN: 9781443832731 Format: Hardback	$179.39
Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II continues the work presented in the first volume of... Read More >>

Conversations with Angels: Essays Towards a History of Spiritual Communication, 1100-1700

Conversations with Angels: Essays Towards a History...
Author: J. Raymond , Lauren Kassell ISBN: 9780230552036 Format: Hardback	$250.80
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The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive Branch Officers, 1880-1919

The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive...
Author: Robert L. Davison , Dr. Tim Benbow ISBN: 9781409419679 Format: Hardback	$315.00
In the period leading up to the First World War Britain's naval supremacy was challenged by an arms race with Germany,... Read More >>

Representation and Black Womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman

Representation and Black Womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah...
Author: N. Gordon-Chipembere ISBN: 9780230117792 Format: Hardback	$224.40
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Hms Warrior-ironclad

Hms Warrior-ironclad
Author: Wynford Davies ISBN: 9781848320956 Format: Paperback	$47.99
HMS Warrior, launched in 1860, was the first iron-hulled, sea-going armoured ship, and for many years was the most... Read More >>

HMS Victory

HMS Victory
Author: Jonathan Eastland , Iain Ballantyne ISBN: 9781848320949 Format: Paperback	$38.79
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Naval Wives and Mistresses

Naval Wives and Mistresses
Author: Margarette Lincoln , National Maritime Museum ISBN: 9780752460918 Format: Paperback	$38.79
Naval wives and mistresses Read More >>

Ships and Seamen of Anglesey 1558-1918 - Studies in Maritime and Local History

Ships and Seamen of Anglesey 1558-1918 - Studies in...
Author: Aled Eames ISBN: 9781845273521 Format: Paperback	$46.58
This is a new edition of a book which was originally commissioned by Anglesey County Council as No. 4 of a series... Read More >>

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