Maritime history books

Pirates, privateers and buccaneers were the scourge of the Americas for two and a half centuries. From the 1520s...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging look at the history of the Canadian Navy, from its beginnings in 18th-century exploration and trade,...  Read More >>

"A companion volume to the ""Catalogue"", the biographical index provides summaries of the sea careers of some 12,000...  Read More >>

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A survey of the period of trans-oceanic empire building that made Portugal one of the world's most powerful maritime...  Read More >>

This text provides 30 first-hand accounts by the officers and men who served aboard carriers and those who flew...  Read More >>

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Raiding, Trading, and Feasting presents an analysis of how participation in this trade related to broader changes...  Read More >>

From the inspired fiction of Jules Verne to the dark menace of the Cold War, submarines have captivated millions...  Read More >>

Webb Chiles set several records while bailing his way through cyclones, capsizes, cold and wet terror. Whether...  Read More >>

An examination of naval warfare in antiquity, this study investigates how and why ancient societies developed and...  Read More >>

This book culled from the archives of The Mariners' Museum features 100 historical photographs depicting the relationships...  Read More >>

The story of how Chinese porcelain and silks arrived in a remote Pomo Indian village on the Mendocino coast in the...  Read More >>

Formed in 1901 by US Steel Corporation, the Pittsburgh Steamship Company became the largest fleet in Great Lakes...  Read More >>

The incredible sea adventure that inspired ""Moby Dick"" is recounted by one ofits few survivors. 2 maps. 8-page...  Read More >>

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Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was critical to Britain's survival in the Second World War. The British Merchant...  Read More >>

Women constitute about 13% of the US Navy's active-duty force and include jet pilots, admirals, commanding officers...  Read More >>

The sinking of the ""Titanic"" is a subject of perennial fascination. Yet, argues the author of this book, the real...  Read More >>

Three hundred years of novels, plays, painting and movies have etched into popular imagination contradictory images...  Read More >>

Penn's latest work examines a politico/military relationship which was to have the most far-reaching consequences....  Read More >>

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This text analyzes the critical partnership between the navy, industry and science forged by World War II and responsible...  Read More >>