Maritime history books

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Macumba and Captain: Slave Ship Captains

Macumba and Captain: Slave Ship Captains

Author: Tom Norton
ISBN: 9798850135331
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"The backdrop of the story, ""Macumba and Captain, Slave Ship Captains,"" was the slave trade during the eighteenth...  Read More >>

We Fought  Them in Gunboats: HMS Beehive edition

We Fought Them in Gunboats: HMS Beehive edition

Author: Robert Hichens ,  Julia Jones
ISBN: 9781899262595
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Anniversary reprint of WW2 naval classic unfinished when author killed in action. Has newly written foreword from...  Read More >>

The History of Old Winchelsea

The History of Old Winchelsea

Author: David Ep Dennis
ISBN: 9798223316343
Format: Paperback
$52.80

The medieval town of Old Winchelsea was destroyed by a great storm in 1287. Remarkably, it lasted for several hundred...  Read More >>

The US Marine Corps 1775–1859: Continental and United States Marines

The US Marine Corps 1775–1859: Continental and United...

Author: Ron Field ,  Adam Hook (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781472851543
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine...  Read More >>

Warship 2023

Warship 2023

Author: John Jordan
ISBN: 9781472857132
Format: Hardback
$89.99

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Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS

Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition...

Author: Andrew Dubbins
ISBN: 9781635768480
Format: Paperback
$50.13

With echoes ofUnbroken; the derring-do and bravado ofThe Right...  Read More >>

China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order

China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order...

Author: Isaac B. Kardon
ISBN: 9780300256475
Format: Hardback
$61.95

An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China’s maritime disputes and their implications for the rules...  Read More >>

Excavating the Histories of Slave-Trade and Pirate Ships: Property, Plunder and Loss

Excavating the Histories of Slave-Trade and Pirate Ships:...

Author: Lynn Brenda Harris ,  Valerie Ann Johnson
ISBN: 9783030962357
Format: Paperback
$284.60

The volume includes several case studies that inform these narratives and examines slave ships such as la Concorde,...  Read More >>

One Starry Night: The Titanic Lookouts: Egos, Errors, and Excuses

One Starry Night: The Titanic Lookouts: Egos, Errors,...

Author: Ian Donaldson
ISBN: 9798392768806
Format: Paperback
$56.76

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Merchants on the Mediterranean: Ottoman-Dutch Trade in the Eighteenth Century

Merchants on the Mediterranean: Ottoman-Dutch Trade...

Author: Despina Vlami
ISBN: 9781784538675
Format: Hardback
$170.00

How easy and uncomplicated was it for an 18th-century, medium-sized, Ottoman trade company to expand its business...  Read More >>

Workboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story

Workboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story

Author: Robert G. Allan ,  Peter A. Robson
ISBN: 9781550179873
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Along the West Coast waterfront and in ship-handling circles around the world, few names are more respected than...  Read More >>

The Wager

The Wager

Author: David Grann
ISBN: 9781471183683
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story...  Read More >>

The Wager

The Wager

Author: David Grann
ISBN: 9781471183676
Format: Hardback
$49.99

From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story...  Read More >>

The Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style

The Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking,...

Author: Veronica Hinke
ISBN: 9781637589304
Format: Paperback
$33.61

The Last Night on the Titanic demystifies life in all three classes aboard the world’s most beloved ocean liner....  Read More >>

The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram: An Elizabethan Sailor in Native North America

The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram: An Elizabethan...

Author: Dean Snow (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University)
ISBN: 9780197648001
Format: Hardback
$58.95

Maligned for centuries as a fictional tale, David Ingram's survival of a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico and journey...  Read More >>

The Pirates’ Code: The Laws and Life Aboard Ship

The Pirates’ Code: The Laws and Life Aboard Ship

Author: Rebecca Simon
ISBN: 9781789147117
Format: Hardback
$41.37

A rollicking account of pirates' codes, the strict rules essential for survival at sea.  Read More >>

Racketty-Packetty House, as Told by Queen Crosspatch

Racketty-Packetty House, as Told by Queen Crosspatch...

Author: Oscar Herrmann
ISBN: 9789357918473
Format: Book
$28.30

Pirates and piracy (1902). This book, Pirates and piracy, by Oscar Herrmann, is a replication of a book originally...  Read More >>

British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010

British Aircraft Carriers 1945–2010

Author: Angus Konstam
ISBN: 9781472856876
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War: An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire

A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War:...

Author: Theodore Corbett
ISBN: 9781399040419
Format: Hardback
$75.00

First of two books on the subject with the second taking a detailed look at the Royal Navy's evacuation of White...  Read More >>

The Lake Michigan Car Ferry Badger

The Lake Michigan Car Ferry Badger

Author: Arthur Chavez
ISBN: 9781467109369
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The iconic Lake Michigan car ferry Badger has been providing reliable service between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc,...  Read More >>

American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644 - 1865

American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic...

Author: Sean M Kelley ,  Christopher Douyard
ISBN: 9798212621519
Format: Audio
$137.25

The first telling of the unknown story of America's two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation A total of...  Read More >>

American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644 - 1865

American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic...

Author: Sean M Kelley ,  Christopher Douyard
ISBN: 9798212621526
Format: Audio
$110.85

The first telling of the unknown story of America's two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation A total of...  Read More >>

Soviet Attack Submarines: Cold War Operations and Accidents

Soviet Attack Submarines: Cold War Operations and Accidents...

Author: Mark H Glissmeyer
ISBN: 9798985577129
Format: Hardback
$39.57

Following the unimpressive performance of the Soviet Navy during World War Two, Soviet leadership realized that...  Read More >>

From Cornwall to Moonta: migration and resettlement

From Cornwall to Moonta: migration and resettlement...

Author: Dianne Griffin
ISBN: 9781922830302
Format: Paperback
$51.75

1864. Cornwall. After the Agricultural Revolution, Benjamin and Emma Bowden decide to emigrate. They are pawns in...  Read More >>

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