Maritime history books

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1421: The Year China Discovered America

1421: The Year China Discovered America

Author: Gavin Menzies
ISBN: 9780061564895
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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The Cruise Ship: A Very British Institution

The Cruise Ship: A Very British Institution

Author: Nick Robins
ISBN: 9780752446325
Format: Paperback
$49.95

The Cruise Ship was a British idea, first proposed in the late 1830s and the first cruise ships were British too....  Read More >>

Sailing Barges of the British Isles

Sailing Barges of the British Isles

Author: Michael Stammers
ISBN: 9780752446233
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Mike Stammers, curator emeritus at Merseyside Maritime Museum, has collated this diverse history of the sailing...  Read More >>

The Rescue of the """"Gale Runner: Death, Heroism, and the U.S. Coast Guard

The Rescue of the """"Gale Runner: Death, Heroism, and...

Author: Dennis L. Noble ,  James C. Bradford
ISBN: 9780813032702
Format: Paperback
$49.50

""Recounts the tragic story of the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Quillayute River Station, who attempted to rescue...  Read More >>

Souls of the Sea

Souls of the Sea

Author: Damien Tiernan
ISBN: 9780340952528
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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The Maritime World of Ancient Rome

The Maritime World of Ancient Rome

Author: Robert L. Hohlfelder
ISBN: 9780472115815
Format: Hardback
$277.20

An exploration of new research on subjects relating to the maritime life of Rome and its vast empire  Read More >>

Titanic: Victims and Villains

Titanic: Victims and Villains

Author: Senan Molony
ISBN: 9780752445700
Format: Paperback
$64.69

What did society - and the press - do with an overriding need for blame? It explores the light and the dark of what...  Read More >>

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the...

Author: Ian W. Toll
ISBN: 9780393330328
Format: Paperback
$50.03

""A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea.""—New...  Read More >>

Pirates: True Tales of Notorious Buccaneers

Pirates: True Tales of Notorious Buccaneers

Author: Henry Gilbert
ISBN: 9780486461489
Format: Paperback
$28.91

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Tudor Warships (1): Henry VIII’s Navy

Tudor Warships (1): Henry VIII’s Navy

Author: Angus Konstam ,  Tony Bryan
ISBN: 9781846032516
Format: Paperback
$47.39

In this book, maritime expert Angus Konstam explores the fledging Tudor Navy, tracing its history from its origins...  Read More >>

North to Matsumae: Australian Whalers to Japan

North to Matsumae: Australian Whalers to Japan

Author: Noreen Jones
ISBN: 9780980296518
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Jones retraces the perilous voyages of two nineteenth-century Australian whaling ships, the Lady Rowena and the...  Read More >>

What Really Sank The Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries

What Really Sank The Titanic: New Forensic Discoveries...

Author: Jennifer Hooper McCarty ,  Tim Foecke
ISBN: 9780806528953
Format: Hardback
$60.59

Cutting edge science is used to solve one of history's greatest mysteries and explore one of its most haunting tragedies....  Read More >>

John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition

John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition

Author: Philip Fennell ,  Marie King
ISBN: 9780814727744
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Sub: An Oral History of US Navy Submarines

Sub: An Oral History of US Navy Submarines

Author: Mark Roberts
ISBN: 9780425219522
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Troubled Waters: Shipwreck and Heartache on the Irish Sea

Troubled Waters: Shipwreck and Heartache on the Irish...

Author: Patrick Ferguson ,  Eamon Gilmour, TD
ISBN: 9781845889128
Format: Paperback
$43.96

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The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania

The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History...

Author: Paul D'Arcy
ISBN: 9780824832971
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Oceania is characterized by thousands of islands and archipelagoes amidst the vast expanse of the Pacific. This...  Read More >>

In Search of Captain Cook: Exploring the Man Through His Own Words

In Search of Captain Cook: Exploring the Man Through...

Author: Daniel O'Sullivan
ISBN: 9781845114831
Format: Hardback
$97.68

Captain James Cook was the greatest explorer of his age. He and his crews had encounters with peoples of the South...  Read More >>

Titanic: A Survivor's Story

Titanic: A Survivor's Story

Author: Colonel Archibald Gracie
ISBN: 9780750947022
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Features a survivor's account of the greatest maritime disaster in history.  Read More >>

Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion

Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon:...

Author: Ed Offley
ISBN: 9780465051861
Format: Paperback
$38.99

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Tramp to Queen

Tramp to Queen

Author: Captain John Treasure Jones ,  R. J. Tennant
ISBN: 9780752446257
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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The Sinking of the Titanic

The Sinking of the Titanic

Author: Logan Marshall
ISBN: 9781845886318
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Offers a valuable new insight into this great maritime disaster.  Read More >>

The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast:...

Author: Elinor DeWire
ISBN: 9780760327500
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Icons of the American shoreline, the lighthouses of the Atlantic coast stand in eloquent witness to the nation's...  Read More >>

The Shannon Navigation

The Shannon Navigation

Author: Ruth Delaney
ISBN: 9781843511281
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This magnificent documentary history is illustrated by over two hundred and fifty photographs, engravings, posters,...  Read More >>

Eight Thousand Years of Maltese Maritime History: Trade, Piracy, and Naval Warfare in the Central Mediterranean

Eight Thousand Years of Maltese Maritime History: Trade,...

Author: Ayse Devrim Atauz ,  James C. Bradford
ISBN: 9780813031798
Format: Hardback
$184.67

Presents an interdisciplinary approach to maritime history in the Mediterranean. This book offers a general overview...  Read More >>

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