Maritime history books

Alan Villiers (1903-82), the Australian sailor and maritime historian, first made a name for himself as an adventurer...  Read More >>

Drawing on manuscript sources, including the voluminous Rodgers family papers, and the articles, essays, and monographs...  Read More >>

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Biography of the polymath, Lt Cmdr Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the man who, in the 1920s, restored the great eighteenth...  Read More >>

Shenandoah is renowned as the last vessel to surrender after the Civil War, and the young officers on board, who...  Read More >>

Presents a comparative study of the American, British, Dutch and Russian naval expeditions to compel the Tokugawa...  Read More >>

Pirates, conspiracy, highway robbers, and other sinister forces confront Jared Lee, a young law clerk in Philadelphia...  Read More >>

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The battle of Heligoland Bight was the first major action between the British and German fleets during the First...  Read More >>

Blackbeard's extraordinary life of excess during the golden age of piracy ignited a reputation that struck terror...  Read More >>

""A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life,with wonderful details. "" --Publishers Weekly ""Interesting...  Read More >>

A fascinating story of citizenry support for the United States’ Sea Services is set against the backdrop of American...  Read More >>

From women who fought alongside the men in dastardly high-sea robberies, to an Irish heroine who plundered British...  Read More >>

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The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of...  Read More >>

Founded with the support of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, the Navy League of the United States quickly became...  Read More >>

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Forty views of the lighthouses of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, including some interiors and at various...  Read More >>

Using personal accounts from the diaries and letters of British soldiers who served in the First World War, this...  Read More >>

Lord Keith, a Scottish admiral who rose to prominence serving His Majesty from 1761 to 1815, ended his career by...  Read More >>

Provides an account of the container-ship revolution - from the maiden voyage of the Ideal X to the entrepreneurial...  Read More >>

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Provides the synthetic study of ocean-people interaction in the region from 1770 to 1870. This book emphasizes Pacific...  Read More >>

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