Maritime history books

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Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy

Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant...
Author: James M. McPherson , Patricia R. McPherson ISBN: 9780195116984 Format: Hardback	$63.95
The leading Civil War historian James McPherson and his wife have edited a collection of letters written during... Read More >>

Raphael Semmes and the Alabama

Raphael Semmes and the Alabama
Author: Spencer Tucker , Grady McWhiney ISBN: 9781886661110 Format: Paperback	$31.55
May 1862. The C.S.S. Alabama is launched in Liverpool and makes its way to the Azores. There it receives its armaments,... Read More >>

Island Nation: A history of Australians and the sea

Island Nation: A history of Australians and the sea...
Author: Frank Broeze ISBN: 9781864484243 Format: Paperback	$36.99
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Those Vulgar Tubes: External Sanitary Accomodations Aboard European Ships of the Fifteenthth Through Seventeenth Centuries

Those Vulgar Tubes: External Sanitary Accomodations...
Author: Joe J. Simmons III ISBN: 9780890967881 Format: Paperback	$42.11
The disposal of human waste is critical, especially where humans are in close quarters. Here, Joe J. Simmons has... Read More >>

Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster

Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic...
Author: Steven Biel (Harvard University) ISBN: 9780393316766 Format: Paperback	$36.83
An immensely readable, provocative, and entertaining exploration of the Titanic as cultural icon. Read More >>

Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy

Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy
Author: Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 9780393038583 Format: Hardback	$60.72
A concise overview, richly illustrated, of the historical background to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels. Read More >>

British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era, 1866-1880

British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era,...
Author: John F. Beeler ISBN: 9780804729819 Format: Hardback	$171.47
This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, with an emphasis on the political, economic,... Read More >>

Encyclopedia of the War of 1812

Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
Author: David S. Heidler , Jeanne T. Heidler ISBN: 9780874369687 Format: Hardback	$250.80
A reference source for research on the European war of 1812, this text covers a broad range of topics, presented... Read More >>

Secretaries of God: Women Prophets in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Secretaries of God: Women Prophets in Late Medieval...
Author: Diane Watt ISBN: 9780859916141 Format: Paperback	$92.27
A history of women prophets from medieval saints to radical Protestants. Read More >>

Crossed Flags

Crossed Flags
Author: W.A. Laxon , Ian Farquhar ISBN: 9780905617879 Format: Hardback	$38.81
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Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812

Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in...
Author: Faye Margaret Kert ISBN: 9780968128817 Format: Paperback	$131.97
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Those Emblems of Hell?: European Sailors and the Maritime Labour Market, 1570-1870

Those Emblems of Hell?: European Sailors and the Maritime...
Author: Paul C. van Royen ISBN: 9780968128831 Format: Paperback	$145.17
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The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation Into Qasimi Piracy 1797-1820

The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation Into Qasimi...
Author: Dr. Charles E. Davies ISBN: 9780859895095 Format: Hardback	$219.94
In a scholarly but accessible account founded on contemporary sources, illustrated with testimonies of eye-witnesses... Read More >>

Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn 1772-1853

Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral...
Author: Roger Morriss (Department of History, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)) ISBN: 9780859895262 Format: Hardback	$396.00
Sir George Cockburn was the most influential serving officer in the politics of the British navy in the nineteenth... Read More >>

Double Ghosts: Oceanian Voyagers on Euroamerican Ships

Double Ghosts: Oceanian Voyagers on Euroamerican Ships...
Author: David A. Chappell ISBN: 9781563249990 Format: Paperback	$79.99
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Pitcairn Island: Life and Death in Eden

Pitcairn Island: Life and Death in Eden
Author: Trevor Lummis ISBN: 9781859284315 Format: Hardback	$273.00
This is an ethnological account of the history of the ""Bounty"" mutineers after they settled on Pitcairn Island.... Read More >>

Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict Between European and Non-European Military and Maritime Forces and Cultures

Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict Between European...
Author: Douglas M. Peers ISBN: 9780860785286 Format: Hardback	$462.00
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The Fleet of the Order of St.John, 1530-1798

The Fleet of the Order of St.John, 1530-1798
Author: Joseph M. Wismayer ISBN: 9789990975307 Format: Paperback	$113.39
The Order of St John fully understood the importance of having a small but well-trained naval force principally... Read More >>

The French in Malta, 1798-1800

The French in Malta, 1798-1800
Author: Carmel Testa ISBN: 9789990975291 Format: Hardback	$436.92
The most documented account of the French occupation of Malta between 10 June 1798 when Napoleon landed on the island... Read More >>

The U.S. Navy: A History

The U.S. Navy: A History
Author: Nathan Miller ISBN: 9781557505958 Format: Paperback	$60.59
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Alaskan Maritime

Alaskan Maritime
Author: Jim Gibbs ISBN: 9780764300356 Format: Paperback	$62.99
More than 250 photographs of Alaskan sailing vessels, ports, lighthouses, and historical figures are featured, along... Read More >>

This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-1858

This Distant and Unsurveyed Country: A Woman's Winter...
Author: Gillies Ross , Gillies Ross ISBN: 9780773516748 Format: Hardback	$250.80
In 1857 Margaret Penny set off from Aberdeen, Scotland, with her husband, Captain William Penny, aboard the Whaler... Read More >>

The Great Admirals: Command at Sea, 1587-1945

The Great Admirals: Command at Sea, 1587-1945
Author: Jack Sweetman ISBN: 9780870212291 Format: Hardback	$131.87
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Recreation and the Sea

Recreation and the Sea
Author: Stephen Fisher ISBN: 9780859895408 Format: Paperback	$84.35
Leisure studies have become an increasingly important area of research within social history. In six original essays... Read More >>

Trim: The Story Of A Brave, Seafaring Cat

Trim: The Story Of A Brave, Seafaring Cat
Author: Matthew Flinders ISBN: 9780207196140 Format: Hardback	$22.99
Trim was a much-loved cat who accompanied Matthew Flinders on several of his voyages. Trim was to sail on four ships... Read More >>

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