Maritime history books

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Making Waves - A Mariner's Tale 1939-48: Paddle Steamer to Liner, Portuguese Coaster to Norwegian Tanker

Making Waves - A Mariner's Tale 1939-48: Paddle Steamer...

Author: Charles Aitchison
ISBN: 9781857943276
Format: Paperback
$25.85

An autobiography chronicling the author's maritime career. It offers an account of what life in Merchant Navy was...  Read More >>

Ireland's Lighthouses: A Photo Essay

Ireland's Lighthouses: A Photo Essay

Author: John Eagle
ISBN: 9781848890244
Format: Paperback
$97.55

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Fishing Around Morecambe Bay

Fishing Around Morecambe Bay

Author: Mike Smylie
ISBN: 9780752453934
Format: Paperback
$38.79

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Kuwait and the Sea: A Brief Social and Economic History

Kuwait and the Sea: A Brief Social and Economic History...

Author: Yacoub Yusuf Al-Hijji ,  Fahad Bishara
ISBN: 9780955889448
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Though inhabited for millennia, Kuwait began to emerge as an Arab shaikhdom relatively late. Entering the historical...  Read More >>

Cruise of the Dashing Wave: Rounding Cape Horn in 1860

Cruise of the Dashing Wave: Rounding Cape Horn in 1860...

Author: Philip Hichborn ,  William H. Thiesen
ISBN: 9780813034379
Format: Hardback
$65.87

On board the Dashing Wave, even the disagreeable food was a blessing as it distracted the crew from the oppressive...  Read More >>

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 9780007351015
Format: Paperback
$5.99

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Author: Jules Verne
ISBN: 9780007351046
Format: Paperback
$9.99

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea

Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea...

Author: Terry Breverton
ISBN: 9781847247766
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A compendium of fascinating information about the great waters that cover two-thirds of our Earth and the men and...  Read More >>

The Viking Age: Ireland and the West - Proceedings of the XVth Viking Congress, Cork, 2005

The Viking Age: Ireland and the West - Proceedings of...

Author: John Sheehan ,  Donnchadh O Corrain
ISBN: 9781846821011
Format: Hardback
$117.95

Comprises papers by Irish and overseas scholars on aspects of the Viking Age relating to Ireland and the western...  Read More >>

Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade

Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade

Author: Kathleen Gill
ISBN: 9780752450919
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Sunderland volunteer life brigade  Read More >>

The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 2: From Washington to Tokyo, 1922–1945

The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 2: From Washington...

Author: H. P. Willmott
ISBN: 9780253353597
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Follows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts - the United States...  Read More >>

The Maritime Strategy of China in the Asia-Pacific: Origins, Development and Impact

The Maritime Strategy of China in the Asia-Pacific:...

Author: Paul An-hao Huang
ISBN: 9780773413320
Format: Hardback
$343.07

Following the end of the Cold War, China's grand strategy shifted from landward security to seaward security, and...  Read More >>

SS Nieuw Amsterdam: The Darling of the Dutch

SS Nieuw Amsterdam: The Darling of the Dutch

Author: William H. Miller
ISBN: 9781848683662
Format: Paperback
$92.27

A perennial favourite of the Dutch and their finest Ship of State, Nieuw Amsterdam remained in Holland America Line...  Read More >>

Twenty-three Minutes to Eternity: The Final Voyage of the Escort Carrier USS """"Liscome Bay

Twenty-three Minutes to Eternity: The Final Voyage of...

Author: James L. Noles, Jr.
ISBN: 9780817356033
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A long-overdue history of America's ""forgotten flattop""  Read More >>

Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound: Portraits and Biographies of the Men Honored in the Naming of Geographic Features of Northwestern America

Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound: Portraits and...

Author: Edmond S Meany
ISBN: 9781609441265
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Follow the explorer from the time he strikes the shore of the present state of Washington ... on into Puget Sound,...  Read More >>

Ship-Busters: British Torpedo-Bombers in World War II

Ship-Busters: British Torpedo-Bombers in World War II...

Author: Ralph Barker
ISBN: 9780811706445
Format: Paperback
$38.99

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Local Heroes: An Epic WW2 Shipwreck and Survival Story

Local Heroes: An Epic WW2 Shipwreck and Survival Story...

Author: Neil Carlsen
ISBN: 9781871131192
Format: Paperback
$25.85

15-year-old James Nicholson Meeks from South Shields boarded SS Peterton (R. Chapman & Son) bound for Buenos Aires....  Read More >>

British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates

British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design,...

Author: Rif Winfield
ISBN: 9781848320406
Format: Hardback
$264.00

The seventeenth century saw the transformation of Britain from a minor state on the fringes of Europe into a global...  Read More >>

H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederary

H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederary

Author: Clive Cussler
ISBN: 9780809054602
Format: Paperback
$39.60

On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy's H L Hunley sank the Union's formidable sloop of war the USS...  Read More >>

A Maritime History of Somerset

A Maritime History of Somerset

Author: Adrian James Webb
ISBN: 9780902152212
Format: Paperback
$41.27

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Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The Development of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Shipping Network in Asia 1595-1660

Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The Development of the...

Author: Robert Parthesius
ISBN: 9789053565179
Format: Paperback
$99.00

An engaging and definitive study of the secrets of the vast commercial success of the Dutch East India Company  Read More >>

Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships that Stopped the Slave Trade

Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships that Stopped the Slave...

Author: Siân Rees
ISBN: 9781845951177
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Contributions to Nautical History

Contributions to Nautical History

Author: James Fenimore Cooper
ISBN: 9781443819312
Format: Paperback
$47.49

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