Maritime history books

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Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Bay Pilot Schooner

Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success...
Author: Geoffrey M. Footner ISBN: 9780870335112 Format: Hardback	$105.47
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Fireship: the Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail

Fireship: the Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail
Author: Peter Kirsch ISBN: 9781848320253 Format: Hardback	$125.00
The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material,... Read More >>

Bridging the Early Modern Atlantic World: People, Products, and Practices on the Move

Bridging the Early Modern Atlantic World: People, Products,...
Author: Caroline A. Williams ISBN: 9780754666813 Format: Hardback	$315.00
Explores the complex outcomes of the intermingling of people, circulation of goods, exchange of information, and... Read More >>

Ynys Lawd - Goleudy Enwog Mon / South Stack - Anglesey's Famous Lightouse

Ynys Lawd - Goleudy Enwog Mon / South Stack - Anglesey's...
Author: Ian Jones ISBN: 9781902565101 Format: Paperback	$25.75
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Charles Wilkes and the Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals from the Expedition of 1841

Charles Wilkes and the Exploration of Inland Washington...
Author: Richard W. Blumenthal ISBN: 9780786443161 Format: Paperback	$60.50
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Tidewater Time Capsule: History Beneath the Patuxent

Tidewater Time Capsule: History Beneath the Patuxent...
Author: Donald G. Shomette ISBN: 9780870334634 Format: Hardback	$62.99
Years ago, few people understood the value of the submerged cultural resources beneath the waters of the Chesapeake... Read More >>

Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet

Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet
Author: David C. Holly ISBN: 9780870334559 Format: Hardback	$62.99
This book portrays the steamboat era on the Chesapeake (1813â""1963), which matched the glamour and excitement... Read More >>

Lost Ship SS Waratah

Lost Ship SS Waratah
Author: P. J. Smith ISBN: 9780752451572 Format: Paperback	$65.87
In 1909 the SS Waratah embarked upon her second voyage, from Sydney to the UK via South Africa. Loaded with families,... Read More >>

Admirals

Admirals
Author: Andrew Lambert ISBN: 9780571231577 Format: Paperback	$27.99
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The Mammoth Book of Men O'War

The Mammoth Book of Men O'War
Author: Mike Ashley ISBN: 9780762437214 Format: Paperback	$36.83
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The Slave Ship Wanderer

The Slave Ship Wanderer
Author: Tom Henderson Wells ISBN: 9780820334578 Format: Paperback	$60.59
Published in 1967, The Slave Ship Wanderer details the journey of the elegant yacht that was used to secretly land... Read More >>

Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany: A Ditty Bag of Wonders from the Golden Age of Sail

Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany: A Ditty Bag of Wonders...
Author: Julian Stockwin ISBN: 9780091930660 Format: Hardback	$47.52
Featuring nautical facts and feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves - until... Read More >>

Buried in the Arctic Ice: One Irishman's Role in 19th Century Polar Exploration

Buried in the Arctic Ice: One Irishman's Role in 19th...
Author: Cyril Dunne , Frank Nugent ISBN: 9781845889456 Format: Paperback	$43.96
Tells the story of brave Arctic explorers who died in their attempts to seek the North-West Passage and North Pole... Read More >>

China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective

China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative...
Author: Cary Lord , Lyle Goldstein ISBN: 9781591142423 Format: Hardback	$131.87
In modern history, China has been primarily a land power, dominating smaller states along its massive continental... Read More >>

Once a Malim Sahib: Memoirs of a Deck Officer

Once a Malim Sahib: Memoirs of a Deck Officer
Author: Ian Milner ISBN: 9781906775100 Format: Paperback	$18.09
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Creating Shapes in Civil and Naval Architecture: A Cross-Disciplinary Comparison

Creating Shapes in Civil and Naval Architecture: A Cross-Disciplinary...
Author: Horst Nowacki , Wolfgang Lefèvre ISBN: 9789004173453 Format: Hardback	$380.16
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Sextants at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes Cross-staffs, Backstaffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintants, Reflecting Circles and Artificial Horizons in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Sextants at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Mariner's...
Author: W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns (Sackler Research Fellow in the History of Astronomy and Navigational Sciences at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich) , Richard Dunn ISBN: 9780199532544 Format: Hardback	$660.00
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Devon's Lifeboat Heritage

Devon's Lifeboat Heritage
Author: Nicholas Leach ISBN: 9780906294727 Format: Paperback	$11.64
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American Coastal Rescue Craft: A Design History of Coastal Rescue Craft Used by the USLSS and USCG

American Coastal Rescue Craft: A Design History of Coastal...
Author: William D. Wilkinson , Timothy R. Dring ISBN: 9780813033341 Format: Mixed media product	$330.00
Offers history and technical design information on various types of small rescue crafts used by the United States... Read More >>

Age of Invincible: The Ship that Defined the Modern Royal Navy

Age of Invincible: The Ship that Defined the Modern...
Author: Nick Childs ISBN: 9781844158577 Format: Hardback	$105.57
The story of HMS Invincible, a ship whose eventful life story, it is argued, embodies that of the Royal Navy itself... Read More >>

George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea

George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution...
Author: James Nelson ISBN: 9780071628259 Format: Paperback	$47.39
Tells the story of how America's first commander-in-chief,George Washington - whose previous military experience... Read More >>

Port of Southampton in the 60s & 70s

Port of Southampton in the 60s & 70s
Author: Campbell McCutcheon ISBN: 9781848682863 Format: Paperback	$52.77
This fascinating selection of 200 images tells the story of the Port of Southampton in a time of change and decline,... Read More >>

The White Ships, 1927-1928: A Tribute to Matson's Luxury Liners

The White Ships, 1927-1928: A Tribute to Matson's Luxury...
Author: Duncan O'Brien ISBN: 9780968673416 Format: Undefined	$171.60
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The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 1: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894–1922

The Last Century of Sea Power, Volume 1: From Port Arthur...
Author: H. P. Willmott ISBN: 9780253352149 Format: Hardback	$92.27
The transition to modern war at sea began during the period of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Spanish-American... Read More >>

Captains Contentious: The Dysfunctional Sons of the Brine

Captains Contentious: The Dysfunctional Sons of the...
Author: Louis Arthur Norton , William N. Still ISBN: 9781570038075 Format: Hardback	$79.07
Offers insights into a quirky quintet of naval heroes of the American Revolution. This book observes that many of... Read More >>

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