Maritime history books

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Details the privateer captains of the golden age of ""state-sponsored piracy"" - men such as John Paul Jones, Jean...  Read More >>

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Illustrated throughout, this classic study traces the development of the northern peoples and kingdoms from their...  Read More >>

A biography of Martin Frobisher, both a brave sea-commander who served Elizabeth I and a privateer who single-mindedly...  Read More >>

Though not so well known as the land and air campaigns, the campaign at sea in the 1991 Gulf War was vital in subduing...  Read More >>

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The history and development of the coastal fog signal  Read More >>

"""Facing the Ocean"" explores the identity and achievements of generations of these communities from the time of...  Read More >>

Ex-President and explorer Theodore Roosevelt recalls in his journal of a hunting trip in Africa the many animals...  Read More >>

This book examines the political and social impact of English overseas merchants during the upheavals of the late...  Read More >>

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"The ""Helga"" was Ireland's first fishery patrol and research ship. Its lifetime coincided with the most important...  Read More >>

Offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served...  Read More >>

Drawing on material from several disciplines, this study presents a history of Venetian art, then catalogues each...  Read More >>

This enormous annotated bibliography of the Marine Corps details fiction, nonfiction, stage, poetry, music, movie,...  Read More >>

Discusses Russia's economy, its environment, and the Russian Navy, and then covers in detail the spent fuel of Russian...  Read More >>

On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic....  Read More >>

""Druett restores important and long-lost chapters in maritime history. It also is great reading, especially for...  Read More >>

The first book to examine the developing relationship between American business and the U.S. Navy in the mid- to...  Read More >>

The coral-covered wrecks that litter the coastal waters of Britain were once ships that carried valuable cargoes...  Read More >>

The evolution and persistence of the ""battleship navy,he argues, offer direct insight into the dominance of the...  Read More >>

This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside...  Read More >>