Maritime history books

In simple non-technical language, this illustrated title traces the evolution of the sailing ship, from ancient...  Read More >>

Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man will appeal to those interested in shipwreck sites around the Isle of Man, primarily...  Read More >>

""Huchthausen knows the hidden history of the Cuban missile crisis... October Fury contains startling revelations....  Read More >>

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Dismissed from the U.S. Naval Academy in early 1861, William Barker Cushing nonetheless emerged from the Civil War...  Read More >>

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This book is a history of Britain's naval bulwark, the Home Fleet. It illuminates the role that fleet played in...  Read More >>

A portrait of Norwegian immigrants George Habo and Frank Samuelsen which explores the lives of these first men to...  Read More >>

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Raincoast Chronicles 19 is part of the bestselling andaward-winning series about West Coast history andculture....  Read More >>

First published in 1986 as Few Survived and back by popular demand in a revised and updated edition, this book presents...  Read More >>

Over 90 artists bring to life a picture of maritime America from the ports of New York and New England, to Miami,...  Read More >>

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In the hands of a historian such as Stilgoe, the lifeboat becomes a symbol of human optimism, of engineering ingenuity,...  Read More >>

The author's previous book, The Canadian Naval Chronicle, contains a chapter which gives brief details of Canadian...  Read More >>

Investigates the world of pirates, smugglers, naval heroes, invaders, slaves and other fascinating and strange true...  Read More >>

How the island eventually fell in love with ships and the sea  Read More >>

"This work of nonfiction that reads like a thriller, reminiscent of the fiction of Patrick O'Brian, recounts one...  Read More >>

Submarines have long played an integral part in America's defence and peacekeeping efforts. This is an extensive...  Read More >>

""From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O'Brian's sequence of 20 novels about the 19th...  Read More >>

In 1853, the RNLI established a lifeboat station at Sennen Cove on one of the most treacherous areas of Britain's...  Read More >>

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The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid.  Read More >>

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