Maritime history books

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Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey

Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey

Author: Louis Stanley Young ,  Henry Davenport Northrop
ISBN: 9780898756241
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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The History of the White Star Line

The History of the White Star Line

Author: Robin Gardiner
ISBN: 9780711028098
Format: Hardback
$79.07

The first comprehensive account of this tragic shipping line which has long been shrouded in mystery. White Star...  Read More >>

The World of the Indian Ocean Merchant, 1500-1800

The World of the Indian Ocean Merchant, 1500-1800

Author: Ashin Das Gupta
ISBN: 9780195650198
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This book is a collection of essays of the late Professor Ashin Das Gupta - one of the pioneers of maritime history...  Read More >>

Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea

Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea...

Author: James Delgado
ISBN: 9780816045303
Format: Hardback
$92.40

"Spanning the period from the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium to the 1946 nuclear detonation at Bikini...  Read More >>

Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast

Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast

Author: Robert C. Belyk
ISBN: 9780471384205
Format: Hardback
$85.80

Presents the stories of the worst shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast during the golden age of coastal transportation,...  Read More >>

U.S. Navy at War 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy

U.S. Navy at War 1941-1945: Official Reports to the...

Author: Ernest J King
ISBN: 9781931641425
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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Loss of the Steamer Jeannette

Loss of the Steamer Jeannette

Author: Government Reprints Press
ISBN: 9781931641432
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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The Intolerable Hulks: British Shipboard Confinement 1776-1857

The Intolerable Hulks: British Shipboard Confinement...

Author: Charles Campbell
ISBN: 9781587360688
Format: Paperback
$42.11

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Clyde Shipping: The Twilight Years

Clyde Shipping: The Twilight Years

Author: James A. Pottinger
ISBN: 9780752421384
Format: Paperback
$37.99

For centuries the Clyde has been synonymous with ships but in the last thirty years there has been a decline in...  Read More >>

To Build A Ship

To Build A Ship

Author: Robert Garvey
ISBN: 9781876268572
Format: Hardback
$117.35

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Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs, 1935-53

Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and...

Author: Mikhail Monakov ,  Jurgen Rohwer
ISBN: 9780714648958
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The book describes in detail the discussions about the naval strategy and the shipbuilding progams in the Soviet...  Read More >>

Tragic History of the Sea

Tragic History of the Sea

Author: C.R. Boxer ,  Josiah Blackmore
ISBN: 9780816638901
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Compelling stories of shipwreck, adventure, and death on the high seas, now back in print. The sixteenth and seventeenth...  Read More >>

Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?

Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?

Author: Robin Gardiner
ISBN: 9780711027770
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In April 1912, the unthinkable happened - the supposedly unsinkable Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Or so...  Read More >>

A Gunner Aboard the Yankee: From the Diary of Number Five on the After Port Gun

A Gunner Aboard the Yankee: From the Diary of Number...

Author: H H Lewis ,  W T Sampson
ISBN: 9781931641487
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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The Early Republic and the Sea: Essays on the Naval and Maritime History of the Early United States

The Early Republic and the Sea: Essays on the Naval...

Author: William S. Dudley ,  Michael J. Crawford
ISBN: 9781574883725
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Examines the diverse relationships between the sea services and maritime commerce during the early years of the...  Read More >>

The Kaiser Merchant Ships in World War I

The Kaiser Merchant Ships in World War I

Author: William L. Putnam
ISBN: 9780786409235
Format: Paperback
$43.95

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Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II

Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of...

Author: James P. Duffy
ISBN: 9780275966850
Format: Hardback
$76.00

This work provides an account of a little-known facet of the German Navy of World War II - the fleet of nine warships...  Read More >>

A Frigate of King George: Life and Duty on a British Man-of-war

A Frigate of King George: Life and Duty on a British...

Author: Brian Vale
ISBN: 9781860646546
Format: Hardback
$155.25

Takes a look at life aboard the 42-gun frigate HMS ""Doris"" - launched from Bombay in 1807. Vale concentrates on...  Read More >>

Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse

Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary...

Author: Judith Jesch
ISBN: 9780851158266
Format: Hardback
$250.80

A critical survey of the vocabulary of Viking ships and their crews, of fleets and sailing and battles at sea, based...  Read More >>

Anson's Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-44: With an Account of the Last Capture of a Manila Galleon

Anson's Voyage Round the World in the Years 1740-44:...

Author: Richard Walter ,  G.S. Clowes
ISBN: 9781589760080
Format: Paperback
$71.15

An account of daily life at sea, and descriptions of lands visited during the author's circumnavigation of the globe....  Read More >>

The Bottom Of The Harbor

The Bottom Of The Harbor

Author: Joseph Mitchell
ISBN: 9780099284741
Format: Paperback
$24.99

After Joe Gould's Secret - 'a miniature masterpiece of a shaggy dog story' (Observer) - here is another collection...  Read More >>

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality, and Masculine Identity

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality, and Masculine...

Author: Hans Turley
ISBN: 9780814782248
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission Of A N.A. Salvage Tug

Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission Of A N.A....

Author: Farley Mowat
ISBN: 9781585742400
Format: Paperback
$30.95

The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service...  Read More >>

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