Maritime history books

The first accessible, authoritative and complete account of Vasco da Gama's historic and audacious attempt to seize...  Read More >>

Around the British Isles many former working sailing craft survive from the once large fleets of distinctive local...  Read More >>

As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine...  Read More >>

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In this authoritative and thrilling account of the actions of British motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean during...  Read More >>

Explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the...  Read More >>

The author describes his experiences as a young officer and the daily life aboard the US battleship California,...  Read More >>

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The sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912 captured the world's attention a hundred years ago and still...  Read More >>

For more than 200 years, Liverpool was one of the world's very greatest seaports, home to shipping lines whose...  Read More >>

The story of the science, the technology, the politics and the military applications of saltpeter - the vital but...  Read More >>

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With the gradual phasing out of wooden fishing boats of Scotland it is timely to record some of these handsome vessels....  Read More >>

The unique tale of two cousins separated by an ocean and a class system. One would die, the other survive  Read More >>

Offers a comprehensive history of the war at sea from the end of the Great War to the end of World War Two. Showing...  Read More >>

Focuses on 37 of the greatest and best-loved shipwrecks around the UK Features specially commissioned illustrations...  Read More >>

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A dramatic history of the Royal Navy from the Middle Ages to the Second World War, from the archives of the National...  Read More >>

In June 1712 the Dutch vessel Zuytdorp was wrecked on the cliffs north of Kalbarri in Western Australia. There were...  Read More >>

Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Maritime Museum, Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2013.  Read More >>

The third installment in the Scrimshaw Artists series, ""Scrimshaw and Provenance,"" contains more than 400 biographical...  Read More >>

In August 1812 Henry Bell's Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked...  Read More >>

For its first eighty-five years, the United States was only a minor naval power. Its fledgling fleet had been virtually...  Read More >>

A comprehensive examination of the effects of the shifting seasons on maritime trade, warfare and piracy during...  Read More >>