Maritime history books

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Naval Battle of Crete 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking Point

Naval Battle of Crete 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking...

Author: Angus Konstam ,  Adam Tooby
ISBN: 9781472854049
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom

Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom

Author: Iain Ballantyne
ISBN: 9781804363409
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Published here for the first time, alongside a compelling narrative of the final 24 hours of the mission to sink...  Read More >>

Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan

Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan

Author: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (University of Notre Dame, USA)
ISBN: 9781526632104
Format: Paperback
$22.99

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022 _______________ 'Rigorous,...  Read More >>

Heritage and the Sea: Volume 2: Maritime History and Archaeology of the Global Iberian World (15th–18th centuries)

Heritage and the Sea: Volume 2: Maritime History and...

Author: Ana Crespo Solana ,  Filipe Castro
ISBN: 9783030864668
Format: Paperback
$362.22

This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization...  Read More >>

John Harrison and the Quest for Longitude

John Harrison and the Quest for Longitude

Author:
ISBN: 9781906367992
Format: Hardback
$38.99

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The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War

The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose...

Author: Des Ekin
ISBN: 9781633888630
Format: Hardback
$60.99

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Titanic

Titanic

Author: David Ross
ISBN: 9781838862565
Format: Hardback
$51.72

On 14 April 1912, less than a week into a transatlantic trip from Southampton to New York, the largest luxury cruise...  Read More >>

Exploring Maritime Washington: A History and Guide

Exploring Maritime Washington: A History and Guide

Author: Erich Ebel
ISBN: 9781467150576
Format: Paperback
$63.33

An authoritative guide to Washington's nautical heritage. Discover the popular destinations and hidden gems along...  Read More >>

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Author: David Grann ,  Dion Graham
ISBN: 9780307747488
Format: Audio
$105.60

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Titanic: The Truth On Trial

Titanic: The Truth On Trial

Author: Ian Donaldson
ISBN: 9798390227244
Format: Paperback
$53.43

This unique work challenges the familiar narrative of the Titanic disaster and the conduct of the official British...  Read More >>

Gauntlet in the Gulf: The 1925 Marine Log and Mexican Prison Journal of William F. Lorenz, MD

Gauntlet in the Gulf: The 1925 Marine Log and Mexican...

Author: Claude Clayton Smith ,  Claude Clayton Smith
ISBN: 9781956056730
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Lorenz Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, is named for William F. Lorenz, the man...  Read More >>

The Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors

The Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts from...

Author: Jay Henry Mowbray
ISBN: 9781784388676
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Details that fateful April night from a multitude of different perspectives.  Read More >>

The Magnificent Boat: The Colonial Theft of a South Seas Cultural Treasure

The Magnificent Boat: The Colonial Theft of a South...

Author: Götz Aly ,  Jefferson Chase
ISBN: 9780674276574
Format: Hardback
$51.95

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Atlantic Salmon Treasury, 75th Anniversary Edition: An Anthology of Selections from the <i>Atlantic Salmon Journal</i>, 1975-2020

Atlantic Salmon Treasury, 75th Anniversary Edition:...

Author: Charles Gaines ,  Monte Burke
ISBN: 9781773103013
Format: Hardback
$90.54

“Few fish have captured the souls and minds of men and women quite like wild Atlantic salmon.” — Bill Taylor, President,...  Read More >>

The Emergence of Privateering

The Emergence of Privateering

Author: J.D. Ford
ISBN: 9789004541405
Format: Hardback
$443.52

What exactly was privateering? How did it differ from other forms of maritime raiding? These questions are answered...  Read More >>

The Evolution and Significance of the Powered Bulk Carrier: The Black Freighters

The Evolution and Significance of the Powered Bulk Carrier:...

Author: Roy Fenton
ISBN: 9781802078596
Format: Hardback
$284.63

The book is the first to detail the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major...  Read More >>

Boatlines: Scottish Craft of Sea, Coast and Canal

Boatlines: Scottish Craft of Sea, Coast and Canal

Author: Ian Stephen
ISBN: 9781780277905
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Boatlinesis an alternative tour round the coasts of Scotland, moving from boat to boat through past and present....  Read More >>

That Pirate, Bouchard: Revolutions, Redemption and the Plunder of Old California

That Pirate, Bouchard: Revolutions, Redemption and the...

Author: William Briggs
ISBN: 9781956785388
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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The Black Sea from Paleogeography to Modern Navigation: Applied Maritime Geography and Oceanography

The Black Sea from Paleogeography to Modern Navigation:...

Author: Romeo Bosneagu
ISBN: 9783030887643
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This book provides an analysis of the evolution of navigation and seaborne trade in the Black Sea, considering the...  Read More >>

Piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Maritime Marauders in the Greek and Ottoman Aegean

Piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Maritime Marauders...

Author: Leonidas Mylonakis (Formerly, University of California, San Diego, USA)
ISBN: 9780755643608
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Did British, French and Russian gunboats pacify the notoriously corsair-infested waters of the Eastern Mediterranean?...  Read More >>

The Story of the Coast Guard: 1790 to 1939

The Story of the Coast Guard: 1790 to 1939

Author: Riley Shepard Brown
ISBN: 9798888190753
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Riley Shepard Brown has recounted the history of the United States Coast Guard, from its inception in 1790 until...  Read More >>

The War of Jenkins' Ear: The Forgotten Struggle for North and South America: 1739-1742

The War of Jenkins' Ear: The Forgotten Struggle for...

Author: Robert Gaudi
ISBN: 9781639362967
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Filled with unforgettable characters and maritime adventure, the incredible story of a forgotten war that shaped...  Read More >>

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